90 % of baldness cases are considered as ‘androgenetic baldness’ and this is hereditary, i.e. it is determined by the genetic information of the individual and transferred from father or mother to the sons or daughters and thus in turn to the following generations. However, there are other cases of baldness, which do not correspond to this type.

As long as the person conserves hair even if it is thin or fine, there are nowadays medical treatments to revert this condition as long as the person has hair, otherwise the only thing that could solve the baldness is the hair micro-grafting.

From experience we know that these people who start their hair loss at a very young age, most of the time (60%) will unfortunately develop very pronounced baldness. It is therefore of the utmost importance to carry out a thorough examination of their baldness and their head to detect to what degree it is going to evolve. The most important thing is to ‘STABILIZE’ the baldness, that is, to stop the hair loss. This will be achieved on the basis of medication. Subsequently a transplant will be scheduled, this is once we have solved this initial problem. Of course, it is always necessary to individualize each case. Young people do not want to look like their parents, (talking about baldness) they are very demanding with high expectations and want to continue to look like their age mates. However, this will not be possible to achieve most of the time. We must be very frank and direct in our assessment. Our policy at Gardel is always to side with our patients, even not to operate if it is not convenient at the time, and to wait to see the results with medical treatment, for which we must properly instruct our young patient.