How SUCCESSFUL are hair transplants?

[Nickie]

70-80%?

IF you're wasting that kind of money, and going back for maintenance,

shouldn't the success rate be very high?

 

[s.a.f]

I dont understand the post? Do you mean what percentage of transplanted follicles grow? If so it must be average 90+%.

 

[Guest]

this is just a guess but i think if you go to one of the top tier docs that you'd probably get 95% of them to grow at least. but what do i know.

 

[Guest]

90% plus yield can be achieved with responsible talented docs that use microscopic dissection and then get the grafts back in the recipient area as soon as possible to prevent as much ischemia reprofusion from taking place. Free radicals begin magnetizing to the strip once the tissue is removed and exposed, and begins a deteriation process.

Preventing transection and ischemia reprofusion are two of the most important factors in maintaining high yields. Smaller incsisions are less invasive and also helpful in attaining a higher yield.