Hair Replacement Versus Head Shaving

By Author: Travis M. Keeler
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There are many ways to deal with hair loss. There are solutions to every hair loss condition, from hair transplants to nonsurgical hair replacement. And everyone has figured out that one way to deal with hair loss is to shave it all off. But what if you're just not the buzzed -bald type of man? Steve Mercer, a 46-year-old teacher in Reno, Nevada, had begun losing his hair little by little over the past few years. He didn't see himself as a shaved head type of person but he definitely did not see himself as the hair replacement type of guy either.

His hair wasn't receding much around his face, which was a relief to him. Instead it was forming a bald spot right on the top of his head. When he searched Male Hair Loss on the Internet, he found illustrations of the Hamilton-Norwood Scale showing the progression of male pattern baldness and there was a rendering of exactly how his hair loss pattern looked! Steve's was only just thinning, and he kept his eye on it but maybe he didn't act soon enough. By the time he went to the doctor, you could see skin through the hair and it was becoming a bald spot.

The doctor ...
... started him on Rogaine for a topical Solution and the FDA-approved Propecia, the only oral medication to treat male hair loss. While he noticed the rest of his hair responding after a couple of months by becoming a little thicker, he didn't see any new growth or re-growth at the spot where he was losing his hair. Was he going to have to investigate hair replacement options? He could not bare the thought of wearing a toupee, because he imagined them to be like the one his grandfather wore back in the day, which didn't look natural.

Steve was not aware of how natural a state-of-the-art hair system can be! The doctor explained to him that the drugs only work on follicles that are alive. If the follicles are dead, then hair cannot be re-stimulated to grow. And since the rest of his hair was looking so good, buzzing it down bald was not an option for Steve, who was not ready to shave his head. Hair transplant surgery was also not an option for two reasons: One being its high cost and the second reason was that he was not sure how much more hair loss he would experience. A nonsurgical hair replacement solution like a hair system it would have to be.

He was hesitant to do his research about hair replacement. He had visions of himself wearing an ugly toupee that might fall off if he went swimming. Or how would that look if he had to take it off at night. He really wasn't sure if hair replacement was for him mainly because he had no idea what or how they did it! He looked in the phone book and was relieved to find three names close enough to get to in his city. He knew a treatment like that needs to be maintained so he was determined to find a studio that did good work. He was prepared to ask for client referrals and call each one up to ask if they were happy with the studio and whether or not they loved their hair systems. Steve was worried about all the bad things he'd heard about hair replacement and hair clubs. He definitely did not want to be taken advantage of and he definitely did not want to look unnatural or like he was hiding something. His hair system was going to have to be top of the line.

When he saw samples of the nonsurgical solutions for his particular condition he could not even believe how real these hair replacement systems looked. The bases were so thin and they hide the seams so well nowadays you could not even see anything was on his head. Steve was impressed. He asked to see clients so he could look up close and feel the hair. It was like real hair! He finally found a studio that made him feel secure ... they even offered private rooms for the maintenance appointments where they remove the system, clean it, replace any of the hair and reposition it.

No man wants his hair loss to be obvious and nowadays they have refined hair system construction from the base to the how the 100% virgin human hair is used and how they are attached using medical grade adhesives that you cannot tell the difference between a man wearing a hair system and one who is not. Hair replacement is just not the unnatural solution of years past. It has become state-of-the-art that can be styled any way you want, can expose the front hair line and is completely and totally undetectable to both sight and touch!

Author Bio:

Travis M. Keeler is a hair loss expert with specialized knowledge of nonsurgical hair replacement and hair transplant surgery. For more information about the opportunities and pitfalls of hair replacement, please visit: Hair Replacement Video.