If you are seeing hair loss at the top of your forehead, usually referred to as a receding hair line, then you need to know that wasting your time on some hair loss solution is not the thing to do. One of the most popular hair growth products sold today is based on the FDA approved drug Minoxidil. Minoxidil, which was originally developed to treat high blood pressure, can help to stop hair loss and thicken hair but only on the vertex or crown area of the scalp. If you look at the advertisements for this product you will see that there is no claim that the hair line will see more growth.

If you want to get your original hair line back the best method will be to use hair grafting. Hair graft surgery, also called hair implantation, involves removing some hair follicles from the posterior section of the scalp, the area that normally does not see any loss, and implanting those follicles into the balding area. A skilled hair restoration surgeon can place these hairs so they match the directional growth of the surrounding hair perfectly and since it is your own hair there is a great match for color and texture. Many prominent actors and politician have had this procedure performed including Mel Gibson and Joe Biden. Dealing with a receding hair line can take years off of your perceived age. Usually, balding men are thought to be ten to fifteen years older than they actually are.

Getting hair implants for the forehead is really a procedure that is not too difficult now that micro-surgical techniques are available. When this method of hair restoration was first tried it required actually removing part of the scalp from the donor site and then sewing this chunk into the bald spot. As you can imagine this gave not only a lot of pain and a long recuperation time but also a not very pleasing result.

Now with the new techniques available a cosmetic surgeon can remove and implant individual hair grafts directly from and to the scalp without any large incisions. The procedure is done in the office and usually lasts only a few hours. If you have hair loss at your forehead then this is the solution for you.