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Can you see your scalp through your thinning hair? Are you having difficulty styling your hair because it’s thinning? Are you having difficulty growing your fringe because the hair at the front is becoming thinner? Hair loss in women is extremely common. Around one in three women experience hair loss, so you are certainly not alone. But that doesn’t mean you simply have to accept it. Finding the right female hair loss treatment starts with understanding why your hair is thinn

Hair transplantation for women requires a very different approach from hair transplantation for men. Female hair loss is different. Female Pattern Hair Loss (FPHL) can be more complex, the donor area requires careful assessment and the design of the transplant demands a different level of planning. At Paradigm, we don’t adapt a man’s hair transplant for a woman. We design yours around you. It Starts With Your Hair Female hair loss often presents as a gradual reduction in dens

There isn’t one way to perform a hair transplant. If there were, you wouldn’t see such wide variation in results. FUE describes how follicular units are extracted; it doesn’t indicate how well the procedure is performed. Every stage involves decisions that can affect the outcome: which grafts are selected, the punch size and positioning, extraction spacing, graft handling and storage, time out of the body, recipient-area design, incision density and direction, and the placeme

If you’ve researched hair transplants, you’ll have seen clinics advertising increasingly large graft numbers. But more grafts don’t necessarily mean a better transplant. The important questions are: How many follicular units can be safely taken from your donor area? How many hairs will actually grow? And how should those hairs be distributed to create natural-looking density? At Paradigm Clinic, we’ve spent years refining these principles into Growth Optimised Follicular Unit

Hair has always been part of how we express ourselves — reflecting fashion, culture, personality and identity. In the 1950s, hair was carefully styled. Think glamorous waves, quiffs, pompadours and the emergence of the rebellious rock ’n’ roll look. The 1960s brought enormous variety — from sharp geometric cuts and beehives to the longer hair of the counterculture. Hair was becoming a statement about who you were. In the 1970s, individuality really took over. Long hair, Afros

A hair transplant doesn’t create new hair — it moves hair from a well-populated donor area to an area that is thinning or bald. The density we can achieve depends mainly on two things: Your donor hair density The calibre and characteristics of your hair A transplant cannot recreate your original density — but it doesn’t need to. Hair loss generally only becomes noticeable after a significant proportion of the hair in an area has been lost. Average natural density is around 70

Just as no two heads of hair are exactly the same, the brush you use shouldn’t be the same either. Hair varies enormously in thickness, texture, curl pattern, density and strength. A brush that works perfectly on fine, straight hair may cause unnecessary pulling and breakage on thick, curly or fragile hair. Fine hair generally benefits from softer, more flexible bristles that minimise tension. Thick or coarse hair often needs a stronger brush capable of moving through greater

When it comes to hair transplantation, it’s easy to assume that more grafts must mean a better result. Up to a point, perhaps. But bigger numbers don’t automatically mean better surgery — and attempting to transplant excessive numbers of grafts in a single procedure can increase risk. One of the most important considerations is graft survival and quality of growth. It isn’t enough for a graft simply to be transplanted. It needs to survive and produce the hairs it contained. F

At Paradigm Clinic, our philosophy is simple: the best hair transplant is one that no one notices. We specialise in creating natural, undetectable results by carefully designing each patient’s hairline to suit their age, facial features, and future hair loss. Every graft is placed with meticulous attention to the natural angle and direction, of the existing hair, ensuring it blends seamlessly with the surrounding area. We avoid artificial-looking, straight hairlines, instead

Scars in a hair bearing area can be transplanted using our Growth Optimised Follicular Unit Extraction technique. At Paradigm Clinic, we understand that scars can affect confidence just as much as hair loss. Using advanced FUE hair transplantation techniques, we can transplant healthy hair follicles into many types of scalp scars, helping to soften their appearance and restore a more natural hairline and hair density. A scar repaired by hair transplantation. Every scar is uni

Paradigm I was totally surprised by my rapid hair loss and searched numerous websites meticulously before I decided to contact Paradigm. Having seen terrible results from people who went to Turkey for their procedures, I was determined to seek expert advice and skills at home, and I had my initial consultation with Mr. Fogerty and his team, who put me at ease and following my second appointment, I informed him of my decision to have my hair transplant. I am extremely pleased

Female pattern hair-loss occurs in roughly thirty per cent of all women. It’s not spoken about much, but it is very distressing - and fairly commonplace. In women, the main cause of hair-loss is genetic, but it can also be impacted by the menopause, stress and the ageing process. Hair transplantation can successfully treat female pattern hair—loss. We at Paradigm are specialists in this area. An increasing number of women ask us about the FUE treatment for their hair-loss. On

Whatever type of hair transplant you have and wherever you get it carried out, the surgical procedure itself is just the start of the process. The day of surgery is the initial step on the long road to the full growth of your transplant. That’s why the relationship between the surgeon, the patient and the rest of the transplant team is important. Many people ask us the simple question – “Does transplanted hair grow back?” We are here to explain to you the stages of hair growt

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

The Savin system of hair loss classification is still the most widely used classification for hair loss in women. 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 determined by your genes from both sides of you

Hair-loss is a lifelong condition. It doesn’t start at the same time for everyone. But the younger you are when it starts the more likely you are to develop Norwood stage 6 or Norwood stage 7 pattern of hair-loss. So the younger a person is when they have a transplant, the greater risk there is that we may not have anticipated their future hair-loss. In the face to face consultation, Mr Fogarty will discuss your family history of hair-loss as well as your own personal history

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