Other Hair Replacement Options

Combining hair replacement surgery and hair systems

Many people are beginning to combine surgery and hair systems to get the look they want. For example, they may choose a surgically constructed front hairline, but wear a hair system behind it to make their hair look thicker. Or they may use a hair system till the results of the surgery become visible.

Spray-on hair

There is also the spray-on hair. You comb natural hair over a bald spot, and then spray on it to make the hair look thicker and hide the bald spot. Spray-on hair is actually a powder that comes in a can and, when sprayed on hair, clings to it electrostatically and looks like hair fibers. It works only to cover small bald spots, and only if you have enough hair to comb over the spot. If you spray it on a bald spot directly, it will look like you have painted your scalp.

Drugs for hair growth

Then there are medicines – what some people call hair replacement drugs. Go to the latest treatments for hair loss and thinning for more information about them.

The limits of hair replacement by any method

But whatever the method you choose, you should not expect thick hair covering all your head up to the edge of your forehead like you had when you were a teenager. Both hair replacement surgery and hair replacement systems look best with less dense coverage, and sometimes that is all that is possible with surgery, because it is just a redistribution of your existing hair.

One option that men have is to just shave it off. Men who do this sometimes say it is cheaper, easier to maintain, and feels liberating!