Hair Replacement Candidacy
Hair replacement is recommended for the following people:
- Men with male-pattern baldness
- Some women with thinning hair
- A person who has lost some but not all hair as a result of burns or other scalp injuries
Hair replacement is not recommended for the following people:
- Women with a diffuse, or wide-spread, pattern of hair loss
- Those who do not have sufficient "donor" sites (hair-bearing portions of the head from which hair-bearing skin is taken)
- People who form keloid scars or thick fibrous tissue that can result from trauma, burning, or radiation injury
- Those whose hair loss is due to medication.