Medicine

A good choice if you’re considering hair restoration at a young age

Medical treatment may be all that is needed to prevent the progression of Androgenetic Alopecia (AGA) and in a large percentage of cases (up to 48%) medical treatment alone can improve the situation.

It won’t necessarily restore the hair to the way it was (except if you start early enough), but most importantly it can stop the progression of Androgenetic Alopecia (AGA) in up to 90% of cases and provide various levels of improvement of hair mass or volume in almost fifty percent of cases.

So medical treatment options for AGA would be the first option and this is especially true for young men in their early twenties.

They have a long road ahead and the strategy would be to protect their donor hair supply for the long run and not be overly aggressive with hair transplant surgery. Once the AGA process has stabilized on medical treatment the person becomes a good potential candidate for hair transplant surgery.

However, with older men we can be a bit more aggressive with hair transplant surgery, but medical treatment taken on an ongoing basis remains important to stabilize AGA and prevent progression of the condition and minimizing or preventing additional future hair transplants.

“Dr Nel not only restored my hairline and my confidence, he reversed and repaired my previous surgery that was botched by another surgeon“ – T. Walker

Best Strategy to Minimise Hair Loss

The best strategy would be to take early action with medical treatments, in order to limit the progression of hair loss.

If the Androgenetic Alopecia (AGA) process is not stopped then the condition will lead to a progressively larger area of baldness that becomes more difficult to treat adequately with a hair transplant.

There is no specific “best” time or age to start with hair restoration treatment other than when the first signs of AGA begin to occur and this varies from person-to-person.