As the population experiencing hair loss has grown recently, demand for hair transplants as a solution has also been on the rise. As a result, rather than simply filling in the line to address hair loss, a wider variety of methods are being used, such as hairline correction, sideburn correction, and baby hair transplants.
Among these, there are many cases where people seek an image transformation through hair transplants in areas that can easily be overlooked, such as men's sideburns and women's face-framing hair and baby hairs. Although sideburns, face-framing hair, and baby hairs are small areas, they can make the face appear slimmer and give a different impression.
Even a slight improvement in these areas can change one's overall impression. In addition, a man's sideburns can symbolize masculinity, while a woman's face-framing hair and baby hairs help create a youthful and cute image.
However, in the case of hair transplants in such specialized areas, it is important to carefully consider the thickness and direction of the hair. Therefore, choosing a design, hair thickness, and direction appropriate for the individual's face is necessary to obtain a more satisfactory image improvement.
Furthermore, caution is needed because indiscriminately extracting hair and transplanting it to the desired area can result in an unnatural shape or poor graft survival, leading to a considerable number of revision surgery cases. In particular, since hair follicles are limited, there are also limits to revision surgery, so thorough consultation with medical staff should come first before deciding on the procedure.
Yoo Hwa-jung, Director of Modi Hair Plant Clinic, explained, "The hairline is located at the very front of the scalp and is the most noticeable area, so obtaining a natural result during a hair transplant is more important than anything else," adding, "In particular, for sideburn transplants, it is necessary to select hair as similar as possible in thickness to the existing hair and align it with the direction of growth, and for baby hair transplants, the key is to distinguish hair follicles by thickness and transplant them densely at high density."
Source: Medical Today │ Published 2021.06.16