Who are the best candidates for hair transplantation?

Men with androgenetic alopecia (genetic baldness) or male pattern baldness

Men who want to change or reinforce their line of implantation

Men with alopecia scars, meaning people who have lost hair as a consequence of burning, scars, injuries or previous surgical procedures.

Men who want to restore, thicken or have more populated beard or mustache.

Who are not candidates ?

People with thinning or miniaturization of the donor area.

People with Diffuse Alopecia or Telogen Effluvium

This type of baldness is the one caused by chronic disease, emotional stress or feverish illnesses.

People with Alopecia Areata (AA or spot baldness)

Alopecia Areata’s origins are unknown but its symptoms are very clear, it is displayed in very clear round totally bald patches in the head area.

In the case of Alopecia Universalis (AU) hair is lost in the entire body.

There is still no treatment for these kinds of alopecia, the therapies most commonly used for them are:

Topical corticosteroids, steroid injections or irritating agents for the excitation of the follicles to stimulate growth.

People with Alopecia Totalis (AT)

This is when hair is lost in all of the scalp, like in the case of Alopecia Universalis where hair loss occurs in all of the body, but in AT it is only lost in the head area.

People with drug related Alopecia

Vitamin A in great dosages, cytostatics, antithyroid agents, anticoagulants, mercury and valproic acid can cause alopecia. When drug use is suspended, the alopecia disappears.

People with Traumatic Alopecia

It can be caused by hair dryers, metal combs or any other object capable of injuring the scalp.

It can also be self inflicted by a patient when in a manic depressive state, the person rips his or her own hair out. This pathology is known as Trichotillomania.

Norwood Hamilton’s scale for the classification of
androgenetic baldness

Type II

The frontal implant line begins to recede, defining the bald spots in the front and sides of the head in a symmetrical or asymmetrical manner.   A light baldness begins and the density diminishes in the frontal part of the head. When one transplant session is performed on this stage, the results are excellent.

Type III

Even though hair loss is still minimal, this is the first stage that can be considered baldness. The frontal hair line and temporal areas recede further than in the previous stage, showing a larger portion of the frontal head area.   3V (Vertex) this subdivision of type 3 baldness is accompanied by hair loss in the crown of the head.   One hair transplant session in this stage, along with medication prescription can achieve excellent results.

Type IV

This is clearly a more advanced stage of baldness. We can observe that the diminishing of the frontal and temporal areas is more pronounced. Hair density is notably reduced in the frontal, temporal and crown areas of the head.   Excellent results can still be obtained in one transplant session during this stage, and medical treatments can also help but only as a compliment for stopping hair loss.

 Type V

The line of hair that separates the frontal-temporal areas from the crown area begins to disappear. Hair loss appears to be general but it is still concentrated in these areas.   This is an advanced stage of baldness and non surgical treatments no longer help.

Type VI and VII

During the 6th stage, the bridge or line that used to divide the frontal-temporal area from the crown area has completely disappeared. Baldness begins to spread to the sides and back of the head.   The 7th stage is the most advanced degree of baldness. Hair is only present in the back and sides of the head (on top of the ears).   In these last stages of baldness there are no available treatments that can help except for micro hair transplant.