Follicular Unit Hair Transplant

For those of you who do not know, who Sanjay Dutt is, I can tell that he is a big star in Hindi film industry, has done memorable roles in many movies and has led an eventful life so far. For those of you who do not know, who Kanch Cheena is, I can tell that I also did not know about it till a short time ago. Now, I know that Kancha Cheena is the name of  principal  negative character of a Hindi movie called Agneepath. To play the character of Kancha Cheena, Sanjay Dutt went bald. The next logical Q would be, why am I, a cosmetic and hair transplant surgeon , blogging about this? Well you can see the reason in picture no.1 above........ See that nice 'U' shaped scar on the back of his scalp. That's exactly how a hair transplant scar looks like, when strip method is employed. Since this scar had piqued my curiosity, I did a little more googling and came up with this. and this... Mr. Dutt, Circa 2008 Mr. Dutt, Circa 2010 and.. Mr. D...

It is a common knowledge that baldness occurs in degrees and is a gradual phenomenon. Since it is not possible to convey the extent of baldness in words, a classification system was developed by Dr. Norwood. This is the most commonly used sytem today, although other more complicated systems are also available. Broadly speaking, Norwood classification attempts to divide baldness in seven stages with stage I  being normal adult hairline and stage VII being total possible baldness. Although, there are many flaws in this system, it still gives a basic idea regarding the extent of baldness in an individual. Stage I Essentially normal adult male hairline (not to be confused with 'juvenile hairline'). Temporal recessions are well defined   with frontal hairline in normal position. No miniaturisation in crown region. Stage II The frontal hairline shows slight recession(< 2 cm), with more pronounced recession in  temporal area. The "A" vari...

A question frequently asked by many of my hair loss patients is, " Should I plan for hair transplant now? or Should I wait a little longer?" I wish, I had an easy answer to that one. Alas, the real answer is so convoluted that even doctors will find it difficult to grasp. Let us first consider the reasons or indications for hair transplant.  You should plan a transplant if, You have Androgenetic alopecia stage III to stage VII. Your hairline is not appropriate for age or you wish to achieve younger   looking hair line You have burn alopecia or traction alopecia.  You have eyebrow, eyelash or facial hair loss. Now, for each of the above mentioned indications, there is a stronger underlying indication. That is the first question you should ask yourself. And that question is, " How bothered am I with my hair loss?" If you are fine with a bald pate; do not let others bully you into a transplant, whatever be your age. But if this hair loss ...