Answer: No, hair loss is not inherited but baldness is inherited from both mother's and father's genes.
2. Whether hair loss slows and eventually stops's as your age progresses?
Answer: No, hair loss is a progressive trait that doesn't stop. Infact, it gets worse with age.
3. Does wearing hat and helmets cause hair loss?
Answer: No, it's not true, wearing hat and helmets has no effect on hair loss. But wearing hair pieces and weaves may pull and strain your hair and may cause Traction Alopecia.
4. Is it true? Brushing and massaging the scalp induces hair loss?
Answer: No, it's not true rather brushing and massaging the scalp proper blood circulation into the scalp and provides plenty of nutrition to the hair follicular bed.
5. Does too much sun exposure causes hair loss?
Answer: Yes, at some extent sun exposure damages the hair texture and makes it dry and brittle leading to hair loss
6. Does the transplanted hair look natural?
Answer: Obviously the transplanted hair look natural when done by FUT , FUE , LHT, BHE, method compared to the out dated punch transplants where it looks un natural .
7. When can one observe final and satisfied results of transplanted hair?
Answer: The transplanted hair starts growing after 3-4 months, but the desired natural look usually takes 8-12 months to appear.
8. What is the life of transplanted hair?
Answer: As the transplanted hairs are extracted from the donor area of the patient's own scalp or body they never fall again and those are permanent.
9. Except finasteride and dutasteride are there any other DHT inhibitors?
Answer: Yes, there are, such as saw palmetto, grape seed extract,soy extract.etc
10. Whether Stem Cell Injections is effective and has results?
Answer: Yes, stem cell injections are effective for further hair loss (but as this is in research stage) further hair growth is just seen in 35-40 % of patients.
11. What is hair transplantation?
Answer: Hair Transplantation or hair restoration refers to the relocation of donor dominant or DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) resistant hair follicles to the bald or DHT dominant area . so in simple words hair transplantation is extraction of hair follicles from the donor area (occipital area, temporal area, beard, body, etc.) and implant those follicles over the required recipient area (bald scalp, eye brow restoration, beard hair restoration, scar hair restoration, etc. ) by means of FUT (Follicular Unit Transplantation)/ Strip technique or FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction)
12. How long it takes for the transplanted hair to grow?
Answer: Normally the transplanted hair fall off (shock loss) after 15-45 days post hair transplantation surgery but as this is common in each and every hair transplantation surgery nothing to worry about it. They again grow after 3-4 months.
13. What is the growth rate of the Transplanted Hair?
Answer: Normally the transplanted hair grows from the 3rd month, it takes 6 months for the normal growth rate and by the end of 8th month there will be satisfied results.
14. Is Hair transplantation pain full?
Answer: As hair transplantation is done under local anesthesia there is minimal discomfort during the surgery but once the effect of anesthesia goes of gradually there may be pain over the transplanted area, so to reduce the post of pain we prescribe Analgesics.
15. Side Effects of Hair Transplantation?
Answer: Normally there are no side effects of hair transplantation rather there may be swelling over the head, above the eyes for 3-4 days and which is physiological and quiet normal in each and every normal hair transplantation procedure. So nothing to worry about it.
16. How many days do we need to stay in the clinic after hair transplantation?
Answer: As hair transplantation is a day care procedure it doesn't require to stay in the clinic as a takes around 6-7 hrs a sitting.
17. How long the transplanted hair lasts?
Answer: The grown transplanted hair never fall back again rather the previous hair may fall due to the effect of testosterone. As the transplanted hair are DHT resistant they never fall back.
18. What are the extra cares to be taken for the grown transplanted hair?
Answer: Once the transplanted hair starts growing one can comb, dye, cut as natural hair so no extra care is to be taken.
19. Can hair transplantation be done on the scars of the head?
Answer: YES , Hair transplantation can be done on the scars of the head due to any injury or chemical burns.
20. What is the duration of hair transplantation surgery?
Answer: For a sitting of 2,000 to 3,000 hair follicular implantation it may take around 6 to 8 hrs max to max.