It is believed that the causes of hair loss, especially the combination of the following:

* Aging.
* Changes of hormones.
* Disease.
* Family history of baldness.
* Burns.
* Trauma.

However, hair loss is not caused by the following:

* Lack of circulation in the scalp.
* Vitamin deficiency.
* Dandruff.
* Excessive use of headgear.
* A gene inherited from the maternal grandfather.

Generally, the more rapid hair loss begins, the more severe baldness will become.

Is hair transplant surgery?

Interest in hair transplantation has increased significantly during the ten years. Two of the three men and one in five women suffering from hair loss. For men, the main cause of decline in the hairline is heredity. In women, hormonal changes like menopause can cause both loss and thinning hair.

There are a number of hair transplant techniques that are available, although hair transplant surgery can help those who suffer from total baldness. Hair replacement candidates must have a healthy growth of hair on the back and side of the head. Grafts and flaps will be taken from the hair and the back side of the head.

There are four main types of hair transplant methods that include:

* Hair transplantation
During the hair transplant surgeons remove the back or side of the head of a small section of scalp with hair. Grafts are then moved to a bald or thinning.
* Tissue expansion
With this procedure where a device called a tissue expander beneath the hair-bearing areas located next to the bald area. After several weeks, the developer of their causes tissue cells to grow new skin. Then another operation is necessary to place the newly expanded skin over the adjacent bald.
* Flap surgery
Flap operation is ideal for covering large balding areas. During this procedure remove some of the bald area and put the cover skin with hair follicles in the bald area while still attached at one end where the blood supply.

* Reduction of the scalp
Scalp reduction performed to cover bald areas at the top and back of the head. By using this technique, the scalp is removed and placed in the balding scalp hair to fill in the bald area.

Possible complications associated with hair replacement procedures:

Possible complications associated with hair replacement procedure may include, but are not limited to:

* The growth of hair in patches
Sometimes, new hair growth has a patchy look, especially when placed next to a thinning area. This can often be corrected by additional surgery.

* Bleeding, scar width, or both
Tension on the scalp due to technical scalp reduction can result in big cuts and / or bleeding.

* Grafts that do not comply with
Sometimes, there is a risk that corruption does not “take.” If this happens, the operation must be repeated.

* Infection
As with any surgical procedure, there is risk of infection.