Shock Loss

Shock loss or effluvium, the shedding of native hair after hair transplant surgery can potentially effect any hair transplant patient, but in most cases is a temporary phenomenon in which the shocked or shed native hair will regrow.

Physician Answered Q & As

How successful are hair transplants in women? – Wanda

In short the answer is Very successful female hair transplantation presents its own set of distinct challenges and the surgeon needs to be aware of the specific differences in the transplantation process between men and women, but there is no reason to believe that hair transplantation is less successful in...

Top Q & As

I am a 43 year old African American male, and I had a hair transplant when I was 33. I consider my hair transplant to be one...

I had a coronal browlift done 7 years ago and was left with a widened scar on my head. I just went to a facial plastic...

I was wondering what your opinion is on the idea of replacing Propecia (finasteride) with the newer drug Avodart (dutasteride). Both Finasteride and Dutasteride have...

I have already signed up to have a hair transplant at the end of July for 3500 follicular unit grafts and I began to wonder how...

I am a 43 year old female with androgenetic alopecia since puberty. I have been using Rogaine for women since but notice now it is not...

In the mid nineties I had two scalp reductions and a total of 900 micrografts from Bosley in Beverly Hills. The scalp reductions never really worked...

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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.