Any experienced hair transplant surgeon knows that a hair transplant would be completely useless if it does not look natural on you. The ultimate goal in any hair transplant procedure is to create new hairs that will never seem like they have been “planted” there, so if your friends, family, and even your hair stylist would not be able to detect it, then consider the procedure a success. In the past, such procedures were very unnatural-looking because surgeons made use of large plugs comprising of up to 20 hairs each so the results were very similar to the hairs you’d find in a doll’s head. Good thing medical science has already evolved and to date, there have been many wonderful discoveries made when it comes to hair transplants.
Significance of the Hairline in Hair Transplantation
As mentioned above, the objective is to create natural-looking hair transplants, and the most important contributing factor for this is the hairline. This is because the hairline frames your face. If a person is experiencing frontal balding, you would notice that his face is no longer framed, making him look rather old. But, if he were to get a hair transplant and the surgeon is able to give a nice hairline, then the frame that his face once had will be effectively restored or even enhanced. This is probably the reason why some specialists would refer to it as a “hairline hair transplant” instead of just plain hair transplant because in a way, the main target of this procedure is the hairline.
Designing the Hairline Hair Transplant
The hairline designs vary and this is because people’s faces and heads vary in shape and size; they also have different degrees of hair loss, different ethic backgrounds, and different preferences. It would be absolutely wrong to have just one hairline template to be used for all patients, which is why it is a must for specialists to customize their hairline designs including the length of the donor site. Planning the hairline design should be something that both the surgeon and the patient need to thoroughly discuss to ensure that they get it right on the very first session. Keep in mind that designing it requires artistic skills and good judgment to ensure that the outcome will fit you perfectly. It should be designed to match your head and facial features.
Choosing Between Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Hairline Hair Transplant
There are patients who ask why the hairline that their hair transplant surgeons have created looks somewhat irregular. At first, this may seem odd but if you look at people’s natural hairlines closely, you would note that they are, in fact, slightly jagged. When choosing between symmetrical and asymmetrical hairlines, it is best to go for the slightly asymmetrical shaped hairline because opting for straight hairlines would make it look rather fake. While opting for the symmetrical hairline may give the impression of being neat and pleasing to the eye, it would appear unnatural. Seasoned surgeons have a method of creating slightly irregular hairline patterns in order to mimic the appearance of natural hairlines.