What’s the best age for a hair transplant?
植髮的最佳年齡是幾歲？
Hair loss can start at any age, with an average of 1-in-5 men noticing a loss or thinning of their hair by the time they hit 20. Although there are no age restrictions when it comes to the procedure, we recommend our patients wait until they’re at least 25 before considering it as hair loss is progressive and there’s still uncertainty as to what kind of hair loss and balding patterns you may experience in the future. As an example, if a patient is concerned about their hairline and has grafts in this area, there is still a potential for the surrounding hair to continue to recede and fall out, leaving a patchy result.
You should also be aware that your donor's hair is limited. If you have a transplant at an earlier age only to discover that more hair is falling out, you probably won’t have enough hair to keep “chasing” the hair loss. If you are under the age of 25 and are experiencing hair loss, while it is unfortunate, it is highly likely that you will still be dealing with it in the future. Your head only has a finite supply of hair that can be transplanted, so it needs to be used wisely. If you meet with Dr. Lao, this is something that he will be able to discuss with you and what sort of options you have.
Every case we are presented with is evaluated thoroughly on an individual basis, and several age-related factors play a part in candidate suitability for a hair transplant procedure.
The main consideration is the current degree of hair loss and the future implications of the patient’s hair loss patterns. We do as much as we can to help preserve the hair and prevent further hair loss for our younger patients. We also monitor the patient’s hair loss over a period of time, allowing us to then decide the most suitable time for a hair transplant procedure, permanently restoring the lost hair.
脫髮可以在任何年齡開始，平均五分之一的男性在 20 歲時就會注意到頭髮脫落或稀疏。雖然手術沒有年齡限制，但我們建議患者等到25 歲左右再考慮植髮，因為脫髮可以是持續進行性的，而且對於您將來可能會經歷什麼樣的掉髮狀況和禿頂模式仍然存在不確定性。舉例來說，如果患者擔心自己的髮際線並在該區域進行了移植，那麼周圍的頭髮仍然有可能繼續後退和脫落，從而留下只有前面有頭髮的窘境。
您還應該意識到捐贈的頭髮數量有限。如果您在較早的年齡進行移植，卻發現之後有更多的頭髮脫落，那麼您可能沒有足夠的頭髮來繼續「追趕」掉髮。如果您還不到 25 歲，並且正在經歷脫髮，雖然很不幸，但您將來很可能仍會面臨脫髮問題。您的頭部可移植的頭髮數量有限，因此需要明智地使用。如果您與駱博士會面，他將能夠與您討論這些問題以及您有哪些其他選擇。
我們收到的每個病例都會根據個人情況進行徹底評估，一些與年齡相關的因素會影響手術候選人是否適合進行植髮手術。
主要考量是患者目前的脫髮程度以及脫髮模式對未來的影響。我們竭盡全力幫助年輕患者保護頭髮並防止進一步脫髮。我們也會在一段時間內監測患者的脫髮情況，以便我們決定最合適的植髮手術時間，永久恢復失去的頭髮。