Top surgeon warns against hair transplants too young

Young men shouldn't have operations as soon as they start losing hair, according to one of the country's leading hair transplant surgeons.

He has told BBC Newsbeat some clinics are not doing enough to warn under-30s about the long-term risks.
Doctor Bessam Farjo says he has had enquiries from men as young as 19 but does not recommend hair transplants for under-25s.

He is warning men to avoid surgery until they are closer to the age of 30.

He said that while the publicity in celebrities like Wayne Rooney getting the procedure is making it more popular, it is not for everyone.


"When a celebrity comes out with it, you only hear the good things," he said. "You don't hear the cautions or the potential complications."

He says that if you get surgery too young, it can look worse than it did in the first place.

He said: "If you have the surgery too early and you go bald, you don't have enough hair to keep chasing the hair loss.

"You can end up with isolated patches of hair. You could end up with hairy temples and a bald forehead which isn't pretty but is also hard to fix."

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