Hair transplant

Hair transplant: restore density with your own hair

A hair transplant redistributes your own follicles to areas with less density —hairline, crown or scars— to restore natural, permanent hair. Always starting from a dermatological diagnosis of the cause of the loss.

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Assessment in person only in Zapopan, Guadalajara.

What is a hair transplant?

It involves moving follicles from a donor area (usually the back of the head, resistant to loss) to areas that have lost density. Because it's your own hair, the result is natural and permanent.

Before transplanting, it's essential to diagnose the cause of the loss: not every alopecia is treated with surgery, and androgenetic alopecia responds to medical treatment long before an operating room comes into it. Starting from a trichological study avoids transplanting onto an alopecia that first needs to be stabilized.

Who is it for?

  • Stabilized androgenetic alopecia (hairline, crown).
  • Receding frontal hairline.
  • Scars or hairless areas from prior trauma or surgery.
  • Patients with a good donor area, assessed in consultation.

The technique: FUE and prior diagnosis

Follicular units are extracted one by one (FUE) and implanted respecting the hair's natural orientation and density. It's an outpatient procedure under local anesthesia.

The transplant is usually combined with medical treatment to slow underlying loss and protect the hair that hasn't been transplanted.

Recovery and results

In the first few days small scabs appear and fall off on their own. The transplanted hair sheds in the following weeks and grows back steadily from the third or fourth month.

The full result is visible between 9 and 12 months, with hair you cut and comb completely normally.

How the process works

Step by step, with medical guidance

  1. 01

    Diagnosis

    An in-person hair study, with trichoscopy, to identify the cause of the loss. It's the basis of the plan and can't be done by video consultation.

  2. 02

    Plan

    We define the donor area, the hairline design and whether prior medical treatment is advisable.

  3. 03

    Procedure

    Follicle-by-follicle extraction and implantation in an outpatient session under local anesthesia.

  4. 04

    Follow-up

    Check-ups and maintenance treatment to support growth.

Frequently asked questions

Answering your questions

Is a hair transplant permanent?

Yes. The transplanted hair comes from an area resistant to loss, so it stays stable and grows naturally.

Why is a diagnosis needed before transplanting?

Because not every alopecia is treated with surgery, and much of what gets taken for granted about hair loss doesn't hold up. Diagnosing the cause lets us stabilize the underlying loss and avoid transplanting onto an active process.

How long does the transplanted hair take to grow?

It sheds in the first weeks (this is normal) and grows back from the third or fourth month. The full result is visible between 9 and 12 months.

Do I need to follow a treatment afterward?

In most cases, yes, to protect the non-transplanted hair and slow the underlying loss. It's assessed individually in consultation.

Do you see patients from other Mexican states?

Yes, the procedure is performed in person at the Guadalajara clinic. For a hair transplant the assessment should ideally be in person: we need a scalp trichoscopy study to plan the graft, and that can't be done by video consultation.

Keep learning

Understand your hair loss before surgery

Not every alopecia calls for surgery. These articles explain what can be treated without it, and what to expect when a transplant is the right answer.

  1. Am I a candidate for a hair transplant? The five criteria we assessNot every kind of hair loss should be operated on — and operating at the wrong time is one of hair medicine's most expensive mistakes. These are the five criteria we assess before saying yes (and the alternatives when the answer is 'not yet').2 min read
  2. Treating androgenetic alopecia: what actually worksIt is the most common cause of hair loss and it has science-backed treatment. We review the options that truly slow the loss and restore density, and why starting early changes everything.2 min read
  3. What a hair transplant is really like, step by stepFrom the hairline design to walking out on your own two feet: we walk you hour by hour through an FUE hair transplant day, what each phase feels like and what you go home with.3 min read
  4. Hair transplant results month by month: the honest calendarThe hair transplant has a valley-shaped calendar: first you lose the grafted hair, then you cross a three-month desert, and only afterwards does the show begin. Those who know it enjoy it; those who don't, suffer it. Month by month, unvarnished.3 min read
  5. The donor area: the silent key to every transplant (scalp or brows)Everyone asks about the area to be filled; almost nobody about the area the hair will come from. Mistake: the nape is a finite resource, and how it is managed defines today's result — and tomorrow's options.3 min read
  6. 7 big myths about hair lossThat caps make you bald, that washing your hair daily weakens it, that it only happens to men... We separate science from rumor so you act in time and for the right reasons.2 min read
  7. Hair transplant aftercare: the first-weeks guideThe first 72 hours decide much of the graft survival — and the first wash is the moment that commands the most respect. The complete guide: how to sleep, how to wash, what to avoid and which signs actually merit a message.3 min read
  8. Hair loss: the complete plan, from diagnosis to transplantMinoxidil bought blind, trendy supplements, and maybe someday 'getting surgery': that is how most people approach hair loss — in random order. This is the complete plan, step by step and in the right order, explained by a dermatologist.3 min read
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