The Wimpole Clinic - Hair Restoration Centre
The Wimpole Clinic is one of the best equipped and most surgically advanced specialist hair transplant facilities in Europe, dedicated entirely to all forms of surgical and medical hair restoration and replacement. This world-class Centre of Excellence Clinic is conveniently located adjacent to the renowned central London medical district of Harley Street.
Mr. Michael May – FRCS, Principal of The Wimpole Clinic is internationally recognised as a hair transplant surgeon who has been at the forefront of medical advances in this specialist field for more than twenty five years.
Hair loss in men is known as male pattern balding (MPB) and can be surgically restored using follicular unit transplant (FUT) or follicular unit extraction (FUE). Up to 80% of men and up to 35% of women will suffer hair loss and quite simply, hair transplantation is the only technique that allows your own hair to grow back naturally and permanently.
FUT - Follicular Unit Transplant
FUT is the traditional, proven and successful method of hair transplant extraction allowing the maximum yield of hair from the donor area. Trichophytic closures (preparing one side of the surgical wound to allow the hair follicles on the margin of the incision to produce hair that will grow through the scar) allow hair to grow through and over the donor area creating an almost invisible line.
FUE - Follicular Unit Extraction
FUE is one of the latest advances in hair transplantation. FUE differs from the traditional 'strip' surgery in its method of harvesting hair from the donor area and men who prefer to avoid a donor scar will usually chose the FUE procedure.
Female Pattern hair Loss
Hair transplants in women who have experienced female pattern hair loss will restore natural and permanent hair creating volume and shape, bringing back confidence.
Eyebrow Transplants
Eyebrow transplants is a specialist which will can completely restore normal and natural eyebrows. Both men and women can benefit from eyebrow transplants and typically 250-400 hairs are required for each brow.
Beard Transplants
Beard transplants like eyebrow transplants is a specialist procedure and the highly skilled surgeon is now able to transplant hair to a man's face to create a full beard or to replace patches of missing facial hair.
What is the cost of these procedures
How much does hair restoration cost? Well surprisingly not as much as you might think. Whilst international personalities featured in the media reportedly pay exaggerated sums (Wayne Rooney and Gordon Ramsay are examples) typically sessions at The Wimpole Clinic are between £3000-£6000 per session.
After care and prescription medicines available
There are a number of after care and prescription medicines that can aid the growth of replacement and transplanted hair, all available from the Wimpole Clinic.
Prescription medicines
Propecia (finasteride) is an effective medication that stops hair loss in 85% of men and will assist re-growth (hair in 38% of men). Propecia lowers/blocks the formation of Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in the scalp. This medication requires commitment as re-growth continues 12-24 months after treatment commences.
Minoxidil reactivates and revitalizes shrunken hair follicles by increasing their size; the follicles gain greater volume so that longer and thicker hairs are produced. This regime, used twice daily, takes some commitment as the results can take up to 6-12 months to appear following commencement of treatment.
Aftercare products
For other hair restoration specialist products such as Mane thickening spray, Toppik hair fibres, specialist hair shampoos, hair vitamins and dermatological scalp treatments go to our after care product range.
Trichology and hair loss
Our consultant trichologist, a specialist dedicated to the up to date management of hair loss and treatment of medical scalp problems, is available for consultations to treat various conditions such as alopecia areata, traction alopecia, stress related hair loss, hormonal hair loss, dietary hair loss and hereditary hair loss.
Free consultation
If you are concerned about hair loss or any other scalp condition, medical or cosmetic then make an appointment now to visit The Wimpole Clinic for your free expert consultation and see how we can help.
