Hair Restoration or surgical hair transplantation, is the only permanent solution for male pattern hair loss. 

Every single follicle of hair on the human scalp is genetically programmed to either become sensitive to the male hormones that cause the follicle to wither and die in time — or not to become sensitive to these hormones causing the hair to continue growing throughout one’s lifetime.

 Lifelong hair follicles are found  in virtually all men, even severely bald men. These lifelong hairs are concentrated in a horseshoe-shaped area at the very back of the head. This region becomes the “donor area”. Hair transplantation surgeons take excess hairs — follicles and all  from this area and relocate them to areas of thinning and balding on the top or front of the head.

After the application of a local anesthetic, the surgeon will proceed with the removal of a small strip of flesh at the back of the head (the donor area). He will then suture the incision and it will be bandaged. The wound will quickly heal, and while it will leave a minor scar, this will always be hidden by the hair at the back of the head which falls down over the scar area. 

The surgeon will then instruct his surgical team precisely how to divide up the grafts. The strip is then dissected into very small follicular units or hair group grafts. These grafts may contain 1, 2, 3, 4 or more hairs. Each of these units are essentially an organ, and  have a blood supply, are chemically regulated like other organs of the body and when transplanted will quickly return to homeostasis. 

Following this step of the procedure, the surgeon personally creates small slits in the area which the grafts will be transplanted. This involves quite a bit of artistry and skill. The slits  are created very carefully and in such a way as to re-create the original hair pattern. The specific depth, angle, direction, size and width are crucial to proper placement and growth of the transplanted hair. This is by far the most critical and time consuming phase of the procedure.

Following this procedure the surgeon will supervise the actual placement and relocation of the grafts to the receptor area. While the actual placement of the grafts are usually performed by the surgical staff, the surgeon is usually supervising every step of the procedure. It is important to note that the grafts can only be placed into the receptor site one way, similar to placing a square peg into a square hole.

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