During the past 50 years, there has been a long battle in an attempt to identify the ideal technique for hair restoration. Techniques such as flaps, excision of bald areas (scalp reduction), tissue expansion and punch grafts, all failed to gain repute because the results were frequently mediocre to poor. Rather than enhancing results, these techniques caused an unnatural appearance.

Patients often looked artificial and were forced to wear caps, which they never needed when they were bald. This was dead against the principle of cosmetic surgery =» NO BODY WANTS TO PURCHASE DISAPPOINTMENTS. I think, true objective of hair restoration must go beyond these artificial results to a point where the person who has had hair restoration does not look like any procedure has been done at all. The final result should be natural appearing hairline and natural appearing density of natural permanent hair and proudly we can announce that =» “the battle is over”. The reason for this change is not only physician directed; patients today are demanding and expecting best results. Today and day by day hair transplant is enjoying an esteemed and focused position in cosmetic surgery. Irrespective of the type of patient, today the technique is helping in best possible way giving natural results to

1. Those who have not been the sufferers of previous techniques are obviously and undoubtedly benefited.

2. Even those who have been victims of previous bad techniques (badly performed hair transplant) -> today should no more be hopeless. The look can very well be salvaged giving natural look.

3. In cases of advanced baldness where scalp density is too low-> no need to become hopeless. Body hair transplant (in which hairs from areas like chest, beard, thighs etc. are taken and can be transferred to scalp, meticulously) has changed the scenario for these patients, with excellent rewarding results.