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 exosomes, and Capillus Laser Therapy 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 laser therapy 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 laser therapy 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 procedure, your hair restoration team will numb your entire scalp before starting the harvesting process. If needed, the selected donor areas will be prepared by trimming or shaving the hair to expose healthy follicles.
Our team will guide you through each step of the procedure:
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.
If the cause of hair loss is not remedied, patients will continue to lose hair. Patients sometimes may wish to schedule future NeoGraft appointments to maintain their hair lines or combat hair loss.
Patients can expect to see new hair growth within three to four months following their appointment.
All of our hair restoration procedures in Gainesville begin with a comprehensive consultation prior to scheduling an appointment. This consultation helps us evaluate the most effective treatment plan based on your specific balding pattern and type of hair loss. Each patient undergoes a detailed assessment to determine their eligibility for a NeoGraft procedure. Factors such as age, stage of hair loss, and type of hair loss are carefully reviewed. For female patients, the Ludwig Scale is used to assess hair loss, while the Norwood Classification Scale is applied for male patients.
For men over the age of 30 who are experiencing thinning hair, this treatment is ideal. However, if you are fully bald, this procedure may not be an option, as healthy follicles are necessary for harvesting.
Most of our patients see hair growth at a rate of about one inch every few months. Typically, each hair continues to grow for two to six years before it is shed as part of the body’s natural hair growth cycle. Male pattern baldness occurs when the hair follicle—the small cavity that holds each hair—begins to shrink. As the follicle shrinks, the hair becomes shorter, thinner, and eventually stops growing altogether, leading to balding. While the exact cause of follicle shrinkage is believed to be related to genetics and hormones, the follicles remain alive, which means new hair growth is still possible.
Male pattern baldness is usually diagnosed based on the appearance of the hair and the specific pattern of hair loss. If hair loss isn’t linked to male pattern baldness, other medical conditions could be responsible, and a skin biopsy or further medical testing may be needed for an accurate diagnosis. Around two-thirds of men will notice some degree of hair loss by age 35, and by age 50, about 85% of men experience significant thinning. For about 25% of men, signs of male pattern baldness can begin as early as age 21.
The Norwood Classification Chart, ranging from stage one to stage seven, is used to assess the severity of male pattern baldness.
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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!
