Hair transplant would-be patients often wonder if they can get a hair transplant without needing to shave their heads. Do you also wonder about that? Well, if the answer is yes, you can have a hair transplant without having to shave your head. 

It can be traumatic for the patients to shave their hair completely, even more so if the patient is a woman. These patients prefer to conceal their hair transplants. Some patients also have careers that don’t allow such dramatic appearance changes.

Well, you are in luck if you do want to get a hair transplant but would like to avoid shaving your head. The DHI method allows four options for patients on this subject. 

1. Fully shaved procedures
2. Partially shaved procedures where your surgeon only shaves your donor area
3. Minimally shaved procedures where your surgeon shaves your donor area as minimally as possible
4. Unshaved procedures (only if possible) 

Let’s talk about these options more in-depth to help you understand better. We will focus on the third and the fourth options since you are probably more interested in them. 

Minimally Shaved Procedures 

Surgeons refer to these procedures as linear shaving operations. In these operations, surgeons shave the back of the patient’s head in small portions. They do this in a way that the remaining hair could camouflage the shaven parts. This operation is suitable for patients who require less than 3,000 grafts for full coverage. Let’s briefly talk about the advantages of this method. 

• You can keep your hair the way you want during and after the operation.
• You can go back to your normal life after a short recovery period without revealing that you had a hair transplant.
• Your recovery period will also be rather short as surgeons transplant fewer grafts in these procedures.

Let’s also take a look at the procedures where you don’t have to shave your head at all. 

Unshaved Operations 

If your hair is thin and weak, your surgeon may be able to perform your operation without shaving your head. However, this option is only suitable for patients who don’t need more than 1,000 follicular units to cover their balding spots. So if your balding area is rather small, then these operations will be more suitable for you. 

The surgeons use a unique pen-shaped device to perform these procedures. They safely isolate each hair follicle and extract them with this device. Then they implant these follicles into your balding areas using a Choi implanter pen. It’s as simple as that. Let’s briefly check the advantages of the unshaved option. 

• You don’t have to shave any of your hair.
• There will be no signs of transplantation whatsoever.
• Recovery time will be significantly shorter as you’ll have fewer transplants

Contact us for more information about hair transplants. We offer excellent results by combining cutting-edge equipment with top experts in this field. With free consultation, we provide our patients with customized and affordable payment plans.