This temporary numbness should disappear in about three months, although it may take as long as eighteen months before full sensitivity returns to the area. Patients report neither discomfort nor interruption to their daily routine because of this condition. Age plays no role in hair transplant surgery. Dr. Kiely has successfully performed hair transplantation procedures on men in their sixties and seventies. He pays careful attention evaluating our young candidates who are experiencing MPB because he believes it is senseless to transplant hair preprogrammed to fall out.
Experienced physicians can usually predict hair loss patterns.
Rather than age, health and available donor area are the two most important considerations for a successful hair transplant. Once the surgery is complete, your newly transplanted hair requires no special treatment. This hair, preprogrammed to live forever, continues to live and grow naturally and requires the same general care as your non-transplanted hair. Once fully grown, you can cut, style, or color this hair as you wish. Tests show mixed results which do not weigh heavily toward using this product.