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Every stop on the line

Ten guides to the hair transplant itself, numbered in the order most people meet each question. Each one names its sources; none is medical advice. Start with the full procedure guide if you are new.

  1. Stop 1How a Hair Transplant Works, Step by StepFrom the consultation to the first wash: every stage of a hair transplant in the order it happens, and who should be doing each one.
  2. Stop 2Am I a Candidate for a Hair Transplant? (And Who Isn't)Candidacy comes down to donor supply, a stable diagnosis and realistic expectations. Here is how surgeons weigh each one, and the situations where surgery should wait.
  3. Stop 3How Many Grafts Do I Need? Coverage, Not PriceA graft count is a plan for coverage and a withdrawal from a finite donor supply. What drives the number, what surgeons report, and why bigger isn't better.
  4. Stop 4The Donor Area: Healing, Scars and Over-HarvestingThe back of your head is the budget for every transplant you will ever have. How it heals, what scars it keeps, and what happens when too much is taken.
  5. Stop 5Crown Hair Transplants, and Why They're HarderThe crown grows in a spiral, is seen from above and can keep expanding. Why surgeons treat it more cautiously than the hairline, and what to ask.
  6. Stop 6Hair Transplant Timeline, Month by MonthThe first fortnight is about healing; the next year is about waiting. What each stage of recovery usually looks like, and what is still normal.
  7. Stop 7Shock Loss After a Hair Transplant: What Is HappeningLosing hair after surgery meant to add it is unnerving. Shock loss is usually temporary shedding of native hair, and it is different from the expected shedding of grafts.
  8. Stop 8Hair Transplant Side Effects, and When to Call the ClinicWhat is normal after a hair transplant, what is a complication, and which signs mean you should call your clinic today rather than wait.
  9. Stop 9Is a Hair Transplant Permanent? Donor Dominance, HonestlyTransplanted follicles usually keep growing for the long term. The hair around them may not. Here is what "permanent" can and can't mean.
  10. Stop 10Hair Transplant Gone Wrong: Repair and the Technician ProblemBad transplants tend to fail in a handful of recognisable ways, often traced to who held the instruments. What goes wrong, what repair can do, and what it can't.