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Do i have to shave my hair to get a hair transplant?

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Dr. John Walker answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

No: No haircut at all is neede before the surgery.

Answered 12/9/2013

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Dr. Francisco Agullo answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

No: With the traditional strip method of hair transplantation you do not need to shave your your head. With the fue method, the donor area in the back of your head needs to be shaved.

Answered 9/28/2016

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I really want to get a hair transplant to restore hairline and thicken the back.im 17. In future im willing to get more HT for future. Pls guide me?

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After 2 years of hair transplant my natural hair start falling. in my family no body have hair problems except me. i have sever dandruff as well. what to do to get my hair back and make my natural hair stronger. thank you?

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If i get a hair transplant from my beard to scalp, will my beard grow back? I ideally would like my beard to grow back

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I wanna to get an eyebrow transplant but then I saw this one girl get pimples through our the process&all the new hair fell out Will that happen to me?

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