Modern society is preoccupied with hair; it symbolizes youth, health, sexuality, and individual style in today’s culture. Throughout history, the presence or absence of hair has affected the way people are viewed. For example, during the Middle Ages, men who experienced poor health also had hair loss; as a result, society established biased opinions equating good health and desirability with a full head of hair. Unfortunately for some, that public opinion has proven to be pretty persistent.
Balding can make you feel like you’ve lost control. Hair is one of the few body parts that you can manipulate: You can grow it long, cut it off, wave it, dye it, or pull it back in a ponytail. But you can’t control when and how it grows naturally.
Hair also serves as a form of self-expression, and as you start to lose it, you may become depressed and withdrawn. Men who lose their hair feel that they’ve lost control of the image they present to the world and to themselves.
Hair loss isn’t just a physical change. It also has many less tangible effects, namely on your
There are plenty of studies of the psychological impact of balding but few studies have examined the psychological improvement after hair transplant surgery. Having seen the drastic changes in
patient behavior and the high level of patient satisfaction following hair transplant procedures, we decided to take a look at data supplied by mail-in questionnaires we sent out after transplant surgery.
We selected 200 patients who had hair transplants within the previous one to three years for male pattern balding and sent them open-ended questionnaires that focused on eight major criteria. Included were questions on the general level of happiness, energy level, feeling of youthfulness, anxiety level, self confidence, outlook on one’s future, and impact on one’s sex life.
We received 37 anonymous, voluntary responses, which we share in Appendix C. Patients described significant improvements in all eight criteria regardless of their stage of baldness and their ages.
In another attempt to compare psychological changes that patients experienced after surgery to address different stages of baldness, we divided patients into two groups:
We observed the most significant difference between the groups in the two categories of sex life and career. Transplant had a greater impact on sex life and career in people who had less hair loss at the time of transplant compared to those who had more advanced stages of hair loss. These changes weren’t age-related.
Not surprisingly, patients who suffer the most from hair loss are the most likely to benefit psychologically. In early stages of hair loss, patients may be more aware of their condition and be more affected than men in the later stages of hair loss, especially if a patient’s hair loss occurs at an early age, when his social life is likely to be more active and more fragile.
Although each individual’s motives may vary, it’s understandable for people at any age to want to improve their appearance, and hair has a great impact in this regard. However, a decision to proceed with hair restoration should be made with a clear head, a specific objective, and as much factual information as possible in order to establish realistic expectations.
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