What are hair plugs you ask, well this article will explain that and also give you some tips on how to best use them to get hair growing in your bald spot again. The term actually comes from the origins of hair restoration surgery and it is not as applicable today but it is still used. When the procedure was first being used the surgeon would actually remove a plug of scalp from the back of the head which was then implanted into the bald spot. This skin graft, which contained hair follicles, would then take root and the hair would start to grow. The cost of hair plugs was quite expensive at this time so there were not really many men who had it done.
Over the years the procedure has been refined to the point that the term plug is not even used. Now the hair restoration surgeon has the ability to remove individual hair follicles from the donor site, usually the back of the head, and then implant them into the scalp. This does two things. It makes the procedure much less intrusive and it allows the doctor to place each individual hair follicle in a way that matches the directional growth of the surrounding hairs.
This method of direct hair implantation gives a much better result than the old hair plug procedure and it allows more people to get the surgery done. Women have historically not been able to enjoy the hair transplantation procedure because they tend to not have a good donor site. Thus hair implants for women were not effective because there was no where to remove the hairs from. With this new method the surgeon can now transplant individual hairs from anywhere on the body to the scalp in order to give a fuller look. These body hairs work great for filling in bald or balding spots on a woman’s head giving a more natural look.