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There are many factors that go into considering surgical hair restoration. On the surface it appears to be a simple affair. You see that you are losing your hair so you go online and start looking at the galleries of the first few hair transplant clinics you find.

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have been progressively losing my hair for about the past five years, but I am concerned about using propecia because of sexual side effects. I’ve been researching hair transplants but have read that if you have a hair transplant then you have to take propecia to maintain the new ha...

Your questions and are commonly expressed concerns. Unfortunately you have read incorrect information. Transplanted hair is not dependent on Propecia. The donor hair follicles are genetically different from the follicles that are effected by male pattern baldness. Donor follicles are not sensitive to normal levels of dehydroxytestosterone (DHT). Once transplanted...

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The one thing that I keep reading about is the possibility of having a large or stretched scar from a strip hair transplant. I am...

have been progressively losing my hair for about the past five years, but I am concerned about using propecia because of sexual side effects. I’ve...

I have been researching hair transplants for about 3 years and have visited with eight different surgeons and seem to learn something new every time. I...

This is in regards to facial hair restoration. My father could grow a good goatee and moustache, but he had no sideburns. I’ve got th...

First I would like to thank you for this wonderful resource. I am a 52 year man who has always had very thick hair until the...

I really would like to have a hair transplant, but I’d prefer not to have long scar on the back of my head. My co...

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The International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons is a consumer organization that selectively screens skilled and ethical hair transplant surgeons. The IAHRS does not offer an open membership policy to doctors practicing hair transplatation, and is the only group that recognizes that all surgeons are not equal in their skill and technique. Its elite membership seeks to represent the best in the discipline, the true leaders in the field of surgical hair restoration.