Hair transplants make men look more attractive, youthful: survey

Balding men who seek to look better or younger by undergoing hair transplants are on the right course, a small new study suggests.

People shown before-and-after pictures of hair transplant recipients rated men with more locks as looking more attractive and younger, researchers found. People also thought the men looked more successful and approachable after the procedure.

“It was satisfying to us,” said senior author Dr. Lisa Ishii, of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. “I definitely don’t want to be doing a procedure on people that doesn’t make a difference.”

Hair transplant procedures vary by doctor, Ishii told Reuters Health. Generally, individual hairs are taken from the back of the head to fill out areas of the scalp with hair loss.

“We’ve been doing these procedures for years and everyone assumes it does something for your appearance, but we never measured that,” she said.

The lack of data on how much hair transplants may improve a person’s image was bothersome to Ishii, because patients would ask for specific estimates.

In an attempt to get objective opinions on men’s appearances before and after the procedure, she and her colleagues asked 122 volunteers – 58 men and 64 women – to view 13 pairs of images.

Seven pairs showed men before and after having had a hair transplant; the other six pairs were of men who didn’t have a hair transplant or any other significant cosmetic procedures between the two photographs.

The participants were asked to rate each image on age, attractiveness, successfulness and approachability.

The reviewers thought the men who’d had hair transplants looked about four years younger in their “after” photos. They also thought the men looked more attractive, successful and approachable after their procedures.

“It showed there were measurable improvements on measures that are meaningful to the patients,” she said.

Armed with the data, Ishii said it’s easier to answer her patients’ questions.

“I find I’m able to make much more scientific and objective conversation with them with regard to what their expectations should be,” she said.

It shouldn’t be surprising that having hair is tied to professional accomplishment and trustworthiness, wrote Dr. Jeffrey Epstein of the University of Miami and the Foundation for Hair Restoration, in an editorial published with the study in JAMA Facial and Plastic Surgery.

Still, he wrote, “Crowd theory is clearly limited in establishing the level of attractiveness for an individual, for all that really matters is how one person (the patient) — not a crowd — views one’s attractiveness in terms of personal satisfaction.”

Ishii cautioned that the results are based on a small number of participants, but there are plans to conduct the experiment again among a larger number of people.

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Severe Baldness and Botched Strip Surgery Help: First Body Hair Transplant (BHT) Study Offers New Hope for FUE with Novel UGraft® System

Sanusi Umar, MD, FAAD, FASDS has released a seven year case study on the success of body hair transplant (BHT) surgery in the treatment of severely bald patients using the patented UGraft system for Follicle Unit Extraction (FUE).

The long term study is the first to report on the role of BHT in hair restoration in a large population of patients, as earlier reports have been of isolated cases.

The study following 122 diverse patients with severe baldness from 2005 to 2012 was published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ) on May 30, 2016.

ASJ is a peer-reviewed international journal focusing on scientific developments and clinical techniques in aesthetic surgery.

At this time, UGraft is only available at Dr U Hair and Skin Clinics.

The patented UGraft systems designed by Dr. Sanusi Umar demonstrated that body hair shafts from the beard, trunk, and extremities can be used to treat extreme baldness or strip scarring when patients have inadequate amounts of scalp donor hair.

The conclusion of the study determined that UGraft FUE using body hair can be an effective hair transplantation method for a select patient population of individuals with adequate body hair who suffer from severe baldness or inadequate scalp donor reserve.

In this study evaluating the long term effect of body hair transplants for patients with extreme baldness, Dr. Umar has successfully helped patients turned away by hair restoration clinics.

Aggressive strip surgery, multiple attempts at hair transplantation, severe scarring and loss of head donor hair has left many patients with few options.

Head donor hair is limited, so some patients have been turned away by other hair restoration clinics. Body Hair Transplantation offers new hope for those suffering with severe baldness or botched surgeries.

The UGraft system uses a minimally invasive approach to restore even severely bald patients as well as repair the damage caused by poorly executed surgeries.

In addition to the UGraft hair extraction system, Dr. Umar has developed standardized protocols for performing body hair transplants for more consistent results.

Those turned away from hair restoration clinics have found a yes with these unique and new techniques.

The ASJ is the official publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), published by the Oxford University Press.

It is the English-language journal of many major international societies of plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Umar is an internationally recognized surgeon with board certification by the American Board of Dermatology, A fellow of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery and Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and associate faculty at the University of California Los Angeles.

Dr. Umar is a well-published academic pioneer in the field of hair transplant surgery and his BHT publications have appeared in multiple journals, including Journal of the American Medical Association – JAMA Dermatology, and many others.

Dr. Umar is a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, ISHRS.

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Medical Tourism For Hair Transplants Can Have Costly Consequences

“No one should think that even a minor cosmetic surgery isn’t surgery, as medical decisions need to be made constantly during cosmetic procedures and some type of medication is administered to the patient that needs to be monitored, and in some cases adjusted, during surgery,” said Sharon A. Keene, MD, FISHRS (Tucson, Ariz.), member of the ISHRS Executive Committee.

“We’re finding that some patients seeking hair transplants abroad are being lured by a doctor’s credentials, but then there’s a classic ‘bait and switch’ model happening where the actual surgery is being performed by a technician who is not licensed to perform surgery.

This is a dangerous practice that places patients at serious risk.”

New Survey Finds Growing Demand For Proven Hair Loss Treatments

In Turkey, for example, recent restrictions by the Turkish Health Ministry on where surgeries could be performed prohibited hair transplant surgery from being performed outside of a hospital setting — making hospitals the only place where hair transplants could be performed legally.

These restrictions led to black market surgeries, with technicians illegally performing hair transplants in private hospitals or clinics.

This resulted in lower-priced surgeries that are very appealing to unknowing patients from other countries seeking hair transplants, which has made Turkey a medical tourism hotspot.

In fact, the TURSAB (a committee working with the Turkish Health Ministry) reports that Turkey’s income from health tourism in 2015 topped $4.5 billion (USD).

Despite the lower price oftentimes offered for hair transplants illegally performed by technicians, it can come at a high price by placing patients at risk of misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose hair disorders and related systemic diseases, and the performance of unnecessary or ill-advised surgery.

The ISHRS strongly believes that these potential risks jeopardize patient safety and treatment outcomes.

“Black market hair transplant clinics in Turkey prey on medical tourists who are not aware of this growing practice and attracted by the cheaper surgery — especially patients from Arabic countries who are not doing their homework by researching these practices,” said Tayfun Oguzoglu, MD, (Istanbul, Turkey), member of the ISHRS.

“Patients must take extreme precaution and thoroughly research whether their hair restoration surgeon is actually an experienced doctor and that all aspects of the surgery, from start to finish, are being performed by the doctor and not a fake doctor.

This problem is not unique to Turkey. It is growing and infecting Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S.

There are reports of clinics in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium in which illegal Turkish technician groups perform surgery under the auspices of licensed Turkish doctors.”

Hair restoration surgery is at an all-time high, with the ISHRS reporting in its 2015 Practice Census that 397,048 surgical hair restoration procedures were performed in 2014 — a 76 percent jump from 2006.

The largest gains were reported in the Middle East, Mexico/Central and South America, and Asia.

To help patients make educated decisions about hair restoration surgery, the ISHRS advises potential patients to ask the following questions, as well as questions regarding costs, risks, and short- and long-term benefits and planning:

1. Who will evaluate my hair loss and recommend a course of treatment? What is their education, training, licensure, and experience in treating hair loss?
2. Who will be involved in performing my surgery, what role will they play, and what is their education, training, licensure, and experience performing hair restoration surgery?
3. Will anyone not licensed by the state be making incisions or harvesting grafts during my surgery? If so, please identify this person, explain their specific role and why they are legally permitted to perform it.
4. Is everyone involved in my surgery covered by malpractice insurance?

When performed by the right physician, today’s hair restoration surgery safely and effectively creates natural-looking, permanent results that are virtually undetectable.

For more information about hair loss and hair restoration surgery, or to find an ISHRS member physician by state or country, visit the ISHRS website at www.ishrs.org.

For a full reprint of the ISHRS 2015 Practice Census Report, visit Hair Restoration Statistics.

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Rapid Rise in Europeans Seeking Hair Transplants in Turkey

Dr. Yetkin Bayer, renowned hair transplant doctor in Turkey, has been responsible for creating innovative technologies and hair loss solutions for the last 20 years.

With the rise in medical tourist patients who contribute over $1 billion to Turkey’s annual economy, Dr. Yetkin Bayer is now receiving a rising amount of European visitors to his clinic.

Offering hair transplants to both men and women, Dr. Yetkin Bayer provides long-term solutions to his clients who are suffering from hair loss.

Pioneering a number of techniques, he has effectively treated thousands of patients. Now, with the increasing travel of foreigners to Turkey for cosmetic procedures, he is welcoming patients from around the world into his surgery.

Turkey has always been a popular destination for those who live in Libya, Egypt, and the Gulf states, because of its low prices and close proximity.

However, these affordable prices and the promise of professional and groundbreaking treatments are now responsible for bringing in foreign tourists from further abroad; including those from Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands. In December last year, Turkey’s health ministry reported that 200 hair transplants took place in the country per day; many of the patients were foreign tourists.

About Dr. Yetkin Bayer

Relying on his years of expertise in the field, Dr. Yetkin Bayer offers hair transplants that provide a natural-looking hairline, which is exactly what those travelling to Turkey seek.

The outpatient patient procedures are conducted a

t his clinic under general anesthetic and the patients are able to leave the surgery immediately, with no overnight stay required.

Patients have no air travel restrictions and can return home immediately after the procedure. This adds to the ease with which foreign visitors can travel and receive surgery.

For more information on the effective and revolutionary hair transplants Dr. Yetkin Bayer performs, visit: http://www.yetkinbayer.com/en/

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