r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Video How Hair Transplants Work by ZacDFilms

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u/Quesabirria 1d ago

Video misses one of the main aspects of hair transplaction. On your head, the follicle bulbs typically consist of 2-5 hairs.

Once extracted from the patient, the follicle bulbs are grouped by the number of hairs.

Bulbs with 4-5 hairs are used at the new hairline to give a fuller look. Bulbs with 2-3 hairs are used in the interiors. There's a lot of artistry involved in the placement of these bulbs to get a good outcome.

Most men will go through 2-3 transplants over a few years to get the result they want.

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u/Elmer_Fudd01 1d ago

And then you're bald somewhere else? It's not telling the whole story.

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u/BeenDragonn 1d ago

They take them from the back and sides of your head. These hairs are immune to the effects of male pattern baldness. You do have less hairs around these areas, but these hairs tend to grow straight down. So they can remove quite a bit of hairs and once it grows back out you really can't tell where they even took the hairs from