Failed Hair Transplant

It is an instance where a hair transplant procedure does now give the desired result. These can be of two types:

• Failure of technique. In this instance, the first transplant might not have been done properly. This can include
  1. Poor hairline design- the hairline can be too low, or unnatural or asymmetric
  2. Poor implantation- where the grafts may have not been used properly and there is asymmetry
  3. Dolls head appearance- where grafts are arranged in clusters with large gaps in between giving an unnatural appearance
  4. Poor orientation of grafts- where grafts grow in unnatural directions
• Failure of growth- In this instance, there is very poor growth of grafts. The reasons for this include
  1. Drying of grafts- hair grafts need to be implanted as soon as possible so that they spend as little time outside the body as possible
  2. Poor handling of grafts- Hair grafts are very fragile and need to be handled gently
  3. Poor placement of grafts- Grafts should be inserted at the proper depth

There can also be a combination of the above. Hair transplant is a procedure where every single graft needs to be given care for it to grow.