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Hair plugs are hair replacements surgically inserted into the scalp of a man or woman who is suffering from significant hair loss. Some of these men and women also use this treatment to bring back their hairline or fill in thinning or totally balding areas of their scalp. Many men who have male pattern baldness choose to have hair plugs surgery to replace their lost hair. A hair plug procedure is now considered a minor outpatient surgery and is often performed in a clinical office. The surgery requires the transplant of hair from a densely inhabited area of the scalp which is often posterior to the bald or thinning part of the scalp. The hairs that are transplanted are actually living hair follicles. If these are not living and healthy, the transplant is worthless because the hair will never grow. After recovering for about four weeks, the hair follicles that… Read more »

There are hundreds of millions of dollars spent worldwide each year on hair loss products and balding treatments. About 60% of men will experience some hair loss caused by male pattern baldness so there definitely is a large population of people who have the condition. The question, though, is why do we care? Why are we willing to spend upwards of twenty or thirty thousand dollars for hair restoration surgery when all we are doing is getting some hair to grow on our heads?

I am not saying that society doesn’t force the issue. A leading news organization in London ran a test on a local online dating site. They set up two fictitious men looking for women profiles. The profiles were exactly the same picture except one of the photos had been manipulated to show the 35 year old man as having a receding hair line. After 3 months of being… Read more »