By reading the advertisements for hair loss formulas you may be under the impression that just by taking a pill or rubbing on some solution you will be able to start the hair growing again in your bald spot. Unfortunately, this is not really the case. Most of the time when a hair follicle stops producing, that is when you are losing your hair, it is not possible to get the follicle to produce again. Although you can help the situation before the hair loss takes over, once it has happened you are stuck with being bald or implanting growing hair follicles from another area of the scalp.
Luckily, when men lose their hair on top of the head there is generally very good hair growth still left at the posterior area of the scalp. This donation area can be used to harvest living hair follicles to be used in the direct hair implants procedure and get you a full head of hair once again. Of the three types of hair implants available (strip graft, plug graft, and micro graft) the micro gives the best results. The strip graft and plug graft are usually quite noticeable because they deal with implanting a fairly large portion of scalp into the balding area at differing locations. These clumps of hairs show up against the scalp very easily and really look worse than having no hair at all.
The micro graft technique involves implanting groups of one to three hair follicles at a time which looks great because that is how hair grows naturally. If you decide on a hair transplant procedure then choose this type of graft. It is more expensive but well worth it.
Another type of transplant that is no longer available in the US is comprised of artificial hair implants. These are still available in Europe and other places such as India but they were deemed too dangerous for the US market because of the possibility of infection.