It’s Not Your Dad’s "Hair Club" with these New Transplant Inventions

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Posted by Invention Girl | Filed under General Inventing

Hair restoration has come a long way since those “Hair Club for Men” commercials dominated the airwaves years ago. Feared and dreaded “hair plugs” have been replaced by high-tech, precise hair-replacement inventions that allow individuals to have hair transplanted just about anywhere!

Thanks to these new technology inventions, unusual hair transplants are sprouting up all over the country and all over the body. While the scalp is still by far the most popular hair-transplant area on the body, eyebrows are making strides as well. The face (beards and mustaches), chest and other more, ahem, delicate areas can also receive transplants.

InventHelp’s Invention Girl has heard horror stories about eyebrow loss due to overzealous plucking and permanent makeup procedures. In one case, a woman had eyebrows permanently tattooed on her face, only to have them fade to an awful “salmon orange” color over time. She had the eyebrow tattoo removed with a laser and discovered that the laser destroyed her hair follicles. After doing some research, she decided to have hair transplanted from her scalp to her eyebrows.

There are two types of procedures that are most common. “Strip harvesting” involves taking out a strip of scalp skin, usually from the back of the head, and then microscopically separating that strip into hundreds (or thousands) of follicular units. “Follicular unit extraction” (FUE) is a newer process in which the clusters are harvested individually.

Doctors note that both procedures, like any surgery, should be carefully considered because there are health risks involved. If you’re considering the procedure, InventHelp’s Invention Girl recommends doing your homework and finding a reputable, experienced doctor. Prices for the process can range into the thousands of dollars.

As for the woman with the eyebrow transplant, she told MSNBC that she has to constantly trim her eyebrows and that they’re a bit coarser than normal. Still, she’s happy with the results. “You would never think to look at me that my eyebrows came from the back of my head,” she said.

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