Interestingly, hair color and complexion play an important role in hair transplant outcomes for Black Americans.

Hair transplant outcomes are also dependent upon the cause of the hair loss. Age and the stage of the hair loss (i.e., how advanced it is) also play a role.

For many reasons, African American women with dark complexions and similarly dark, tightly curly hair, have some of our best results (see the video below).

How Hair Color & Complexion Affects Black Hair Transplant Outcomes

When the complexion or skin tone of the scalp is closely matched to the color of the hair, the new hair that is growing appears to blend in more and give the impression of density and hair body.

When just the opposite is true, when the skin and hair color are starkly contrasting, it becomes much more difficult to achieve thicker results.

Also, salt n pepper or silver African American hair also is amazing to work with, because the results are virtually always undetectable and impressive.

How Hair Type (or Shape) Affects Hair Transplant Outcomes

Next, the physical structure of the hair (or its shape) is very important. Every hair transplant surgeon, nurse, consultant and even office receptionist know that the best results occur in people with curly hair.

A straight strand of hair often looks like its protruding directly from the scalp. Our eyes can easily trace its course and detect bald scalp.

On the other hand, a wavy or even better yet, a curly, tightly wound hair wraps around itself and covers bare areas of the scalp and it appears thicker.

Obviously, if you only have three curly hairs on top, most certainly they won’t cover much of the scalp and will look bald.

However, 100 curly hairs may give the illusion of 500 straight hairs. Shape and color are very important.

If you happen to have these favorable factors and you are in the hands of a competent NYC hair transplant hair surgeon like John Frank, expect amazing results with a hair transplant.

© 2012, John Frank, M.D.