Hide Hair Transplant From Friends & Families

Hair transplant is presently one of the most effective treatment for hair loss in men and women.  When performed correctly by a skilled surgeon, hair tansplant is by far the only treatment that can produce reasonable coverage for your balding or thinning areas. It is your own growing hair, all natural with no drugs and no wigs or toupees.

However, the vanity in us sometimes prevails and may compell us to hide hair transplant from friends and families.  There is nothing wrong with that. There are indeed a few things hair loss patients can do to hide hair transplant from friends and families and prevent them from knowing your ordeal.

Difficult to Hide Hair Transplant From Friends & Families?

Is it difficult to hide hair transplant from friends and families?  The answer is a resounding YES.

Hair transplant is a surgical procedure. Depending on the technique you choose, the number of grafts you require and other factors, your hair transplant surgeon may need to shave a good portion of your existing hair in order to perform the surgery. Also, patients may be left with stiches in the donor site that can be highly visible to the public. In addition, there will be scabs all over the hair transplant recipient site which can be easily detected by people as well. Because of these reasons, it is indeed very difficult to hide hair transplant from friends and families especially during the first 2-3 weeks after surgery.

Ways to Hide Hair Transplant From Friends & Families

Are there ways to hide hair transplant from friends and families? The answer is yes. The key is to plan ahead and plan carefully. There are indeed many things we can do to prevent friends and families from knowing that you have hair transplant done. Let's go over them one at a time.

Choose FUE

First, choose the technique wisely if you do not want to tell friends and families about your hair transplant. Presently there are two main techniques for hair transplantation: FUE and STRIP. While it is not fool proof, FUE can to a certain extent help disguise the fact that you had hair transplant done better than STRIP. The reason is because FUE does not leave visible stitches in the patient's scalp after surgery. Also, healing time is faster under FUE technique so the patient can resume his normal routine faster.

Start Early, Smaller Sessions

If it is really important that you do not tell friends and families about your hair transplant is important to you, then you should start early upon early signs of hair loss.  Do not wait until your baldness becomes obvious or extensive. Starting early means  smaller sessions; and smaller sessions allow for more effective camouflage after surgery. Generally speaking, if you are a Norwood class 2 and your session is 500 grafts of less, there is a good chance you do not need to tell friends and families about your hair transplant.

Grow Your Hair Long Before Hair Transplant Surgery

Another trick is to grow your hair long if you do not want to tell friends and families about your hair transplant surgery. This works hand in hand with starting early upon initial signs of hair loss. The smaller the session, the longer your hair, the easier it is to camouflage your surgery post op.

Hair Transplant Vacation

Another thing you can do to hide hair transplant from friends and families is to plan your surgery around a vacation.  Ideally for 2-3 weeks. This way you will be away long enough for your scalp to look normal again before returning to work. You come back to work energized and refreshed, and no need to tell friends and families about your hair transplant.

More Ways to Hide Hair Transplant from Friends & Families

Interested in more ideas to plan your surgery so that you do not need to tell friends and families about your hair transplant?  Schedule a free in-person consultation with Hasson & Wong, presently a sponsoring clinic of HairSite and a Top 3 clinic in the world according to HairSite's patient result statistics.

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