• Hair Transplantation for Female Pattern Baldness
• Hair Transplantation for Male Pattern Baldness

Hair Transplantation for Female Pattern Baldness
Introduction
The most common reason for performing hair transplantation is for male pattern baldness. However, women can also suffer from thinning of their hair and there can be a wide spectrum of severity. Whilst society accepts a balding male scalp, it is less forgiving when the scalp becomes visible on a woman. The most common cause of female hair loss is androgenetic alopecia due to the hormone testosterone. Although found in greater quantities in men, testosterone is also produced in women by the ovaries and adrenal glands. It causes involution and atrophy of the hair follicle bulb and results in thinning of the hair, more often in women over forty.


Hair Transplantation for Male Pattern Baldness
Introduction
Most men will have some degree of hair recession during their lifetime. There is a wide spectrum of severity, from small areas of loss in the temple region, to almost total baldness. The age at which it starts varies greatly, but the onset and severity often has a hereditary component. Usually, the hair at the sides and the lower part of the back of the head are spared. This is because these areas are not subject to the influence of the male hormone, testosterone, which acts on the hairs on the front and top of the scalp. These hairs are genetically programmed to eventually fall out and little can be done to prevent this from happening. It is the areas where hair growth is likely to be permanent, particularly the lower part of the back of the head, which can be used to provide hairs to resurface bald scalps or increase density in thinning regions.

Historically, hair restoration procedures gained bad reputations because the techniques available left an unnatural, "pluggy" appearance. This meant that it was often immediately obvious that the individual had undergone a surgical procedure. Current methods, however, give a natural hairline and pattern of hair growth, which us unnoticeable. This involves the transplantation of individual hair follicles or groups of hairs known as follicular units. Dr. Ahmed is performing the evolutionary high point refined follicular transplant with microsurgical blades which enable a dense units grafts per square centimeter in the right angulations.