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Frontal Hair Transplants: Isn't Medicine Enough?

Hair transplants are gaining ground. Before, people suffering from alopecia shrank away from hair loss specialty clinics because of the high cost of treatment and surgery... but now that more and more clinics are offering generous allowances, people feel freer to explore their alternatives. Advances in medical technology are being made as well: formerly, frontal hair loss was treated mainly with medicines, but now frontal hair transplants are becoming more and more popular.

So how come are people resorting more to frontal hair transplants, instead of relying on less expensive medication? Wouldn't it be more practical to spread out the cost of the remedy over the span of years, than spend big, all in one go?

For one thing, hair transplants in general cost a pretty penny - although health insurance could always cover part of the cost. Your doctor needs only make a written recommendation - a "prescription," as it were - for "hair prosthesis," and many insurance companies can be counted on. On top of that, many hair clinics now offer generous allowances or discounts for their patients, so in some case, certain kinds of transplants could only come up to $3 per graft!

Hair transplants are also considered more practical than medication. The most reliable treatment medicine, like Rogaine and Propecia, can be quite expensive, and they must be applied or consumed regularly - virtually forever! Once alopecia has set in, it doesn't stop... meaning your hair will continue to thin and fall out, though the rates vary from person to person. Complete baldness is in fact rare, though that might not stop the fact that your remaining hair will continue to look awkward.

Moreover, while medication is generally recommended for people who are only experiencing frontal hair loss, some popular medications do not affect the temple area. This is important in defining the need for surgically restoring frontal hair. Instead of investing on medication that won't work for certain parts of your scalp, it might be best to deal with the bald spots with the aid of surgery.

Surgically replacing the hair in front of one's head would require a very sensitive procedure, requiring 1 to 2 follicular unit hair grafts. Hair surgeons would be virtually redefining the hairline, and thus they must take extreme care so that the new hairline appears natural. Very thin hair grafts are used for frontal transplants. A successful frontal hair transplant might even knock off five to ten years from the patient's appearance!