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

I’ve been wearing a hair piece for almost 5 years and I am getting sick of the constant maintenance and cost associated with being a member of The Hair Club. I was speaking to my stylist the other day complaining about the situation and she suggested that I try a ha...

It is generally speaking possible to wear a hair piece shortly after a hair transplant surgery. However it is very important in which manner the hair piece is fixed on the scalp. High quality hair pieces are mostly manufactured in a thin skin-like material, in which the hairs are interwoven...

Top Q & As

I figure the best way to know what questions to ask a surgeon I may see for possible hair transplant surgery, is to actually ASK...

Can you tell me what eyelash transplantation entails and if it is possible to have it performed on a budget?

I had a hair transplant over 14 months ago and I have never been more worried or stressed. I read your article on shock loss and...

If I have a hair transplant for my receding hairline will I look strange if I lose more hair behind it? I have limited funds...

I am seriously considering having a hair transplant, but I am very afraid after reading some of the horror stories on the internet. I almost...

What’s the difference between the Strip method and FUE (follicular unit extraction) for getting the donor hair?

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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.