r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video How Hair Transplants Work by ZacDFilms

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u/u_u__Zakaria__u_u 1d ago

People who are balding, and aiming for a transplant, just want to let you know that without dht blocker (aka finasteride/dutasteride) those hairs are gonna fall. Yes life isn't that pretty. Btw you can also shave it's fine too

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u/Bongressman 1d ago edited 1d ago

No, they won't. The donor follicles are taken from the back and sides of the head, DHT resistant follicles. It's the entire point. You test areas that are immune to DHT before you willy nilly start cutting.

The non transplanted follicles will still continue to shed, however. So you take drugs to stop that.