{"id":3768,"date":"2014-12-17T16:46:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T16:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surehair.com\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2023-01-14T18:27:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T23:27:42","slug":"treatments-vs-hair-transplants-what-you-need-to-knowconsider-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surehair.com\/sure-hair-blog\/about-sure-hair\/treatments-vs-hair-transplants-what-you-need-to-knowconsider-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TREATMENTS VS HAIR TRANSPLANTS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW\/CONSIDER PART 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an article which is probably long overdue. The topic of treatments and transplants<\/a>. Which is right? Which is best?
\nThe first question I always ask when someone walks into our office is: What are you hoping we can do for you? Some people look at me like \u201cWell it\u2019s your job to tell me\u201d and I tell them that we have a wide array of technology at our disposal to help you with your hair loss \u2013 each delivers a different result and serves as a different function. It depends on what you want?<\/p>\n

I WANT TO BE CLEAR HERE. THIS IS COSMETIC SURGERY \u2013 IT\u2019S MY JOB TO HELP YOU BE HAPPY WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR.<\/p>\n

I have had guys and girls walk in with more hair than I can believe saying they don\u2019t like how thin their hair is. I have also had guys walk in with Homer Simpson hair happy where they are at and just wanting keep what little hair they have left \u2013 I get it all \u2013 at the end of the day it\u2019s your perception of what you want that guides me with you through the process on the journey to get more hair.<\/p>\n

That being said, here\u2019s the science behind the technologies we have available.
\n1) Treatments work. End of story. That\u2019s it. When I say treatments I am referring to 3 in particular.
\na) Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy<\/a> a) Laser Light Therapy<\/a> b) Propecia c) Rogaine<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll go into detail on the functions of these in a later article due to the length and time to cover these; however, sufficed it to say that these 3 treatments have been scientifically proven to work in combating hair loss.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the issue: what does “proven to work” mean? I have seen these treatments work over and over again; however, I always read online \u2013 \u201cthey don\u2019t work, it didn\u2019t work for me what a rip-off, it\u2019s fake!\u201d<\/p>\n

These comments have been contrary to what I have seen over the past several years so I started asking patients when they came in who said they were on them and they didn\u2019t work why they felt they didn\u2019t work. I found the results very interesting. Reasons were :
\n1) Well, I didn\u2019t get any hair back
\n2) I used it for 3 months and nothing happened
\n3) I used it for a year and I saw no change.<\/p>\n

I know facepalm my hand to head and smack head on the desk.
\nYou see \u2013 people don\u2019t have a very accurate definition of what \u201cwork\u201d means.<\/p>\n

1) Well, I didn\u2019t get any hair back<\/p>\n

I Look at the guy or girl and one of a few things happens.
\nA) The area they wanted to \u201cgrow\u201d hair back didn\u2019t have any hair! We do not yet have the technology to grow hair back once it is dormant. The only hair we can improve upon is visible hair (either with the naked eye or upon magnified view with use of technological devices). I have had people completely bald complaining it didn\u2019t work! Well of course not! That\u2019s not what it is mean or designed to do. I\u2019m going to cut everyone some slack here and say that there is a lot of fake advertising and in the hair loss industry in general which may confuse things; however, not one legit place has ever said LLLT would grow back hair that is gone. It just can\u2019t, won\u2019t, doesn\u2019t work that way.<\/p>\n

B) I explain that the most important function of LLLT is to PREVENT future hair<\/a> loss not THICKEN!!!! Here\u2019s the deal. The sooner you start LLLT the better it will work. It will prevent losing more hair. This is almost a guarantee that by using LLLT with Propecia and Rogaine you will halt your hair loss or slow it do a tortoise running a marathon type of slow. There\u2019s a good chance you will see growth, but that is not absolute and you have to walk into it understanding the realities. If a 20-year-old man or woman with hair loss walks into our clinic, I tell them absolutely to start treatments right away to hold on to their hair. Often they come back 2 or 3 years later when their hair loss has become so bad that it really bothers them and I explain that LLLT would have prevented this loss and I can\u2019t get their hair back to where it was 3 years ago with technology. IT IS SO FRUSTRATING!<\/p>\n

2) I used it for 3 months and nothing happened
\nThis one kills me \u2013 it takes 6 months to a year to see results! 3 months\u2026who said anything about a few months?<\/p>\n

3) I used it for a year and I saw no change.
\nI only get frustrated when people say this. You\u2019re telling me that if you have been losing a lot of hair for several years and that in 1 year you have not noticed more hair loss you are upset? Are you kidding me? That\u2019s pretty amazing to say you stopped your hair loss considering you were going bald faster than a cheetah in the Serengeti.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also going to address the cost of treatments. Another frustration. People always come to us and say \u201cWhy are they so expensive?\u201d<\/p>\n

1) Do you go to a dentist and ask them why it costs 1000’s of dollars? What about an Optometrist for Laser Eye Surgery? What about Laser Hair Removal? What about any cosmetic procedure? Why are they expensive when they work? Because there is a demand and they work! Why would hair loss be any different? If you want good hair, teeth, eyes etc you must pay for these things and they are of course hefty in price but are costly due to the fact they work and there is a demand for them.
\nBottom line is this. TREATMENTS WORK! GET ON THEM THE SECOND YOU NOTICE YOUR HAIR LOSS!! WHY? BECAUSE THEY HOLD ON TO HAIR\u2026THE SOONER YOU START THE MORE HAIR YOU WILL KEEP!!<\/p>\n

IF you have read this and wait 5 years until your hair loss really bothers you, you have only yourself to blame for not having the hair you love and wanted to keep. You know now that they work, so it\u2019s your choice.<\/p>\n

The article was long. I\u2019ll be going into Treatments VS Transplants and what to consider in the following article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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