Hair loss is among the most common visible signs of aging affecting women and men at some point in their lives. Most people will experience some degree of hair loss during their lifetime. Androgenic alopecia, also known as male-pattern baldness or female-pattern baldness, is the most common cause of hair loss. If you suffer from hair loss and seek a non-invasive, innovative, and effective solution to restore a full head of healthy hair, North Florida Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics is your first call.
Our practice proudly offers the most popular, highest-quality hair restoration in Gainesville, FL, including NeoGraftt®, platelet-rich plasma therapy, AnteAGE MDX® hair microneedling solution, and Capillus Smart Caps for your needs. Contact our plastic surgery office today for more information and to schedule hair restoration treatments!
Platelet rich plasma, or PRP, therapy is among the most popular treatment options for patients seeking to restore a full head of hair with a minimally invasive, proven modality. PRP injections use your own blood cells to accelerate the natural healing process and supercharge the hair growth cycle for fuller, thicker, and healthier hair on your scalp and hairline. Blood platelets comprise a fourth of primary blood components, promoting cell growth and regeneration. Using approximately five times more concentrated blood in PRP than in regular blood, this procedure involves injecting the patient’s plasma directly into their scalp and hair follicles.
Experience the newest innovation in cosmetic regeneration with treatment from North Florida Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics! Exosomes are lipid nanoparticles naturally secreted by human cells, and they help regulate our biological processes. When used in hair restoration treatments, exosomes offer anti-inflammatory benefits that regulate the hair growth cycle by reducing hair strange shrinkage and the growth of brittle strands, both problems that can contribute to hair loss. Find out if hair restoration with AnteAGE MDX Exosomes is right for you! Schedule a consultation today!
With smart caps from Capillus, your hair restoration journey doesn’t have to stop after your in-office procedures. With Capillus’s laser caps, you can reap all the benefits of at-home treatment and experience accelerated and optimized advantages for the results of your in-office treatments. Using 650-nanometer red light to penetrate the scalp and promote hair growth, these smart caps can supercharge your hair in as little as 6 minutes when used daily, allowing you to achieve clinically proven results on your schedule!
Our Gainesville office houses a NeoGraft machine capable of expertly extracting healthy hair follicle grafts via Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). The science of FUE focuses on removing healthy hair follicles and injecting them into areas of thinning hair or baldness, as the implanted follicles stimulate hair growth. This hair transplant and hair restoration treatment leaves patients with no linear scar and no lengthy recovery. Our patients notice healthy, natural hair growth in several months!
On the day of your treatment, your hair restoration team will numb your entire scalp before harvesting begins. If necessary, your chosen harvest areas will be prepared by cutting or shaving the hair to reveal your healthy donor follicles.
Dr. Tyrone and his team of experts will guide you through the following steps.
Every patient will have a different amount of time dedicated to their treatment. After your consultation, our team will give you their best estimate on the time required for your hair transplant. On average, treatments last between 3 and 8 hours. Note that during graft harvesting, our patients will need to lie face down for 2 to 4 hours.
Patients will continue to experience hair loss if the cause cannot be remedied. Patients may wish to schedule future NeoGraft appointments to combat continual hair loss and restore hairlines or hair density.
Our patients can expect to see natural-looking new hair growth in 3 to 4 months after their appointment!
All of our hair restoration procedures in Gainesville require a thorough consultation before scheduling an appointment. A consult allows us to determine the best course of action for your treatment, considering your balding pattern and hair loss type. Therefore, all patients are assessed to determine candidacy for a NeoGraft procedure. Age, stage of hair loss, and type of hair loss are all detailed. For female patients, the Ludwig Scale is used to assess hair loss, and the Norwood Classification Scale for Hair Loss is used for male patients.
Overall, our patients over the age of 30 and experiencing thinning hair are ideal candidates. Unfortunately, if you are entirely bald, you cannot partake in this treatment, as healthy follicles are required for harvesting.
The majority of our patients experience hair growth at a rate of one inch every couple of months. Each single hair typically continues to grow between two and six years, and the hair remains at any given length for a short period of time before being shed by the body’s hair growth cycle. Males experience baldness when the hair follicle, which is the small cavity that holds each individual hair, begins to shrink. As the hair follicle shrinks, the hair becomes shorter and thinner in length and texture. Eventually, the hair follicle is empty and fails to grow new hair — which creates balding. The exact reasons that a hair follicle may shrink and fail to reproduce new hair is believed to be based on genetics and sex hormones. However, the empty follicle remains alive, which gives male patients the possibility of new hair growth.
The basis for diagnosing the instance of male pattern baldness is the overall appearance of hair and the pattern of hair loss. If hair loss is not determined to be related to male pattern baldness, then there are a number of other medical conditions that could be causing the hair loss; skin biopsy and medical testing will be needed to confirm further diagnosis. Two-thirds of males notice a degree of marked hair loss by the age of 35. By the time a male is 50 years of age, approximately 85 percent of males have significantly thinning hair. Of the amount of males affected by male pattern baldness, nearly 25 percent of men begin experiencing male pattern baldness symptoms by the age of 21.
The Norwood Classification Chart ranges from stage one to stage seven of male pattern baldness and is applied to each patient. Our Gainesville plastic surgeon will assess the patient’s severity of hair loss and balding pattern to develop an appropriate treatment plan. Patients may also refer to the Norwood Classification Chart to gain an understanding of how their baldness is likely to progress.
While male pattern baldness doesn’t indicate a serious medical disorder, it certainly has the potential to affect confidence and self-esteem as hair loss progresses and is permanent. Our patients note that hair loss affects all aspects of life. Professional relationships and career choices are impacted by male pattern baldness, and it is not uncommon for patients to alter career paths due to hair loss. Additionally, personal and social life are affected — as are relationships.
A hair analysis is not considered accurate for diagnosing nutritional or similar causes of hair loss. A hair analysis can notate substances of arsenic and lead but cannot diagnose nutritional or similar causes of hair loss.
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Your grafts will begin to scab a few days after treatment. During this time, it is vital to be gentle with your scalp and mindful not to disturb your new grafts in any way. Patients can expect 10 to 12 days of social downtime with this procedure. Our patients can expect to see new hair growth in 3 months after their treatment! To learn more about hair restoration through NeoGraft, contact us today!
Our Gainesville aesthetics office will design a unique treatment plan to address your cause of hair loss, the severity of hair loss, and identify your balding pattern using either the Ludwig Scale (for female patients) or the Norwood Classification Scale for Hair Loss (for male patients).
A thorough consultation will outline your treatment plan, which will be skillfully and thoughtfully designed with your goals in mind. Let us provide you with full, lush hair and renewed confidence!
