Hair Loss Treatment for Women in Johannesburg

Hair loss in women looks different

Men recede at the temples. Women more often thin along the parting, notice a wider path of scalp under bright light, or find the ponytail getting thinner year by year. Because it spreads out rather than going bald in patches, many women are told they are imagining it. They are not.

Traction alopecia is everywhere in Johannesburg

Years of tight braids, weaves, extensions and relaxers pull constantly on the hairline, and eventually the follicles along the edges stop producing. This is traction alopecia, and it is one of the most common types of hair loss we see in South African women. The edges thin, then bare, and changing hairstyles alone does not bring back follicles that have shut down.

The encouraging part: traction alopecia responds well to transplantation, because the hair further back is usually healthy and the follicles there make a strong donor supply.

Honesty before treatment

Not every type of hair loss in women should be transplanted, and a clinic that transplants everyone who walks in is not doing them a favour. Shedding after pregnancy or illness usually recovers on its own. Some medical conditions need treatment before any procedure makes sense, and we will tell you if that is your situation, or if a doctor should look first.

That is what the free consultation is for. We examine your scalp and your donor hair, and give you a straight answer about whether a transplant will work for you. If it will not, we say so.

Hair transplants for women in Johannesburg

We restore edges and hairlines, thicken partings and fill thinned areas using FUE, one graft at a time. In many cases only a small area of donor hair needs trimming, hidden under the hair above it, so you do not need to cut your hair short for the procedure. Costs work the same way as all our work, per graft and quoted after assessment, as covered on our cost page.