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Return To Hair Loss Article Archive   Search the Article Archives Hair Transplant Preparation - Increasing Scalp Laxity By Joseph Tillman Hair loss sufferers considering hair transplants can maximize the results of their procedure by performing scalp laxity exercises in the month prior to surgery. Hair loss sufferers considering hair transplants can maximize the results of their procedure by performing scalp laxity exercises in the month prior to surgery. Scalp laxity exercises increase the elasticity of your scalp. An increase in scalp laxity allows more grafts to be transplanted because the scalp area has been stretched providing more real estate on which to house hair transplants. Increased scalp laxity also results in a better closure to the donor area. Scalp Laxity Exercises When: In the month or even months prior to hair transplant surgery. Duration: 5 minutes twice per day Exercise 1: Back of Scalp Stretch Clasp your hands and place them on the back of your skull, palms down. Find the area on your skull that has the ridge running along the back. Place your palms slightly above this ridge. Pull your hands toward your forehead and down again in an even tempo (about one up and down movement cycle per second). Repeat the up and down motion without allowing your hands to slide. The palms should only be moving the scalp tissue rather than slipping on the top of the head. Exercise 2: Side Scalp Stretch Although the side scalp is not as important as the scalp at the back of the head, good hair transplant doctor will define a donor area that does extend into the sides a bit. To stretch the side scalp, place palms to side of head with the bottom of the palm (where it meets the wrist) just above the ears. Move your palms up and down as far as they will go without allowing them to slip on the scalp. Again, the palms should be riding the moving scalp tissue rather than sliding on the head. Joseph Tillman, Hair Transplant Mentor Hair Transplant Forum www.hairtransplantmentor.com Hasson & Wong Hair Transplant Clinic www.hassonandwong.com About the Author: Joseph Tillman was raised in the Southern United States where he underwent the first two of five hair transplant surgeries. Initially, the first two resulted in disaster but the outcome was eventually turned around with three subsequent surgeries after he met Dr. Jerry Wong of Hasson & Wong in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Accutane Hair Loss

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