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Hair Direction Each individual hair transplant must look natural. This starts with the design. There are rules to hair transplantation design that must be followed, if they’re not your transplant will not look natural either immediately or in the future as you lose more hair. As shown above, hair grows in different directions over the scalp. At key points on the scalp it changes direction. When you’re designing a hair transplant you must take this in to account and replicate

Here are some examples of the Norwood Scale stages of hair-loss that Paradigm Clinic has transplanted. Above is a Norwood 4 pattern of hair-loss. A Norwood 6 pattern of hair-loss. A Norwood 5 pattern of hair-loss. A Norwood 4 pattern of hair-loss with anterior lateral hump recessions.

Norwood Scale introduction. You’ll have heard to the Beaufort Scale. And no doubt you’re more than familiar with the Richter Scale. But have you any idea what the Norwood Scale is all about? Most people will have no idea that it is something to do with hair. When male pattern baldness begins to strike there is a dedicated measure which assesses the severity of hair-loss. A Norwood type 7 is the most severe delineation of male-pattern hair loss. Not everyone who has hair-loss

Norwood classification 7 Norwood 7 is the most extensive pattern of hair-loss. If you progress to this point, you will have lost the high sides of a Norwood 6 and your crown will have dipped down leaving a narrow strip of hair around the back and sides of your head. The temples will have receded. The greatest restriction in transplanting this pattern is the amount of donor hair left to redistribute. In addition, there is a large area of baldness to cover. A stage 7 pattern is

Norwood classification 6 This occurs when the bridge of hair separating the crown from the frontal tuft in Norwood 5 disappears leaving a large bald area. The temples have often receded but the sides above the ears and around the crown remain high. At this stage donor hair is limited but the FUE method is able to harvest hair high in the sides above the ears (lateral humps) which the strip surgery method would not be able to harvest. The main priority with any design is alway

Norwood classification 5 At Norwood 5 you’re experiencing a significant amount of hair-loss. There is a small tuft remaining in the forelock, the bridge is beginning to split in half and separate and your bald crown is getting bigger. The temples are receding now so the shape of your face is changing as more bald skin is visible. The frame of your face is breaking down, changing your appearance more comprehensively. We would transplant this pattern. The main design considerat

Norwood Classification 4 Norwood 4 is characterised by further frontal hair loss and an enlargement of the crown - but with a solid bridge of hair separating the two balding areas. Depending on your anticipated future hair-loss, we could transplant either the crown or the frontal forelock. You would need to decide what your priority is as there is not enough donor hair at this stage to give you density in both areas. A significant factor in design would be your potential futu

Norwood classification 3 Vertex (crown) Norwood 3 Vertex represents hair-loss on the crown. This can come with a deepening temporal recession - or you may have a stage 2 in the temples and some hair-loss on the crown. It is universally accepted that you do not transplant the crown of a man under the age of 45 as he is likely to lose more hair. A transplanted crown in a younger man with Norwood 3 vertex could become isolated as his hair-loss progresses. This would potentially

Norwood classification 3 Norwood 3 is said to be the earliest stage of male pattern hair-loss. The temporal recession deepens and a frontal tuft is established. Further hair-loss or thinning can be stabilised by medication. We would consider transplanting this pattern depending on the individuals age, their future hair-loss pattern and their personal expectations of a transplant. Medication can help to slow-down hair-loss at this stage but suitability for transplantation woul

Norwood classification stage 2 This pattern indicates a further progression to an adult hairline. The temples deepen slightly and the hairline recedes up from the brow crease. We would not recommend transplanting someone with Norwood 2 as this will damage healthy hairs. At this point it is tempting for young men to ask for their temples to be filled in - but this can be disastrous in future life if you progress on to a stage 4 or more. This is because you will not have enough

Norwood Classification Stage 1 This traditionally represents an adolescent hairline. It is not actually balding, but is the first stage in maturing from a teenage hairline to an adult male hair line. We would not recommend transplanting someone with Norwood 1 stage of hair-loss as it would damage healthy hairs. We would also want to see how the hair-loss might progress over time. If there is some indication of further hair-loss, we may possibly recommend medication to stabili

The Norwood system of hair loss classification was published in 1975 by Dr O’Tar Norwood and is still the most widely used classification for hair loss in men. Using this system we can more accurately predict future hair loss and design transplants that will always look natural. Everyone starts at Stage 1. If you are destined to be a Stage 7 you will first go from Stage 1 through stages, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and on to stage 7. But not everyone is destined to be a Stage 7. This is d

Dr Fogarty, I am writing this review to express my gratitude for the work you and your team have done on my hair transplant. Now, at six months post-op, I could not be more delighted with the results. As you know, I am in my late 50s and, with fine grey hair, I thought I had missed the opportunity for a hair transplant. I am very glad that, after extensive research over five years, I decided to keep it local and avail of your services. The professionalism and depth of knowled

If you’ve researched a hair transplant you will have come across a lot of information but not many facts. You’ll have noticed that hair transplant clinics will talk about large numbers of follicular units or grafts that they can transplant. But do you know how many hairs there are in a follicular unit or how many follicular you can safely harvest from your donor area? Do you know how many follicular units can be transplanted per square centimetre to achieve density? Or do you

A hair transplant is micro surgery. At Paradigm Clinic we carry out each transplant with great care and meticulousness, the details of the transplant are key to a good, natural looking hair transplant that is not damaged by the transplant process. This means that the sebaceous glands recover so they can oil your hair and the colour cells recover so that your hair remains the same colour and changes colour as you age as it naturally should. It means that your follicles are not

Hair-loss ages you prematurely because it changes the shape of your face by exposing skin. By replacing that lost hair you turn back the clock to a time when you had more hair and less visible skin. To make this look natural, no matter how much hair you lose is to replace the hair in the way that you lost it. So when people ask us to lower their hairline we will do this by reversing your hair-loss pattern. A man will lose hair form the frontal hairline and the lateral hairlin

Not all transplants are equal. A transplant isn’t a product you buy off the shelf. Each hair transplant is created individually by the team. Every patient is an individual, their skin is individual, their hair characteristics are individual, their hair colour and how it will change in the fullness of time is individual, even their balding pattern is a mix of their mother’s and father’s genes so that’s individual too. When a patient comes to Paradigm Clinic, we take all of the

Genuinely Life-Changing Results and Outstanding Care — My Hair Transplant at Paradigm (May 2024) Summary : I had a FUE hair transplant...