FAQs

The submitted information and photos are carefully evaluated by our doctors. Based on their experience, these data can be very helpful factors in leading to reliable and safe results. But personal examination & consultation is absolutely necessary before making any final decision about hair transplantation.

Hair loss is usually experienced as an unpleasant situation that causes great anxiety as it progresses.
It is very significant for someone experiencing hair loss to seek the experts΄advice from the early signs of thinning, as hair loss treatment requires responsible and effective solutions.

Hair transplantation responds effectively to the needs of a wide range of persons and covers many cases:
·    Men and women experiencing Male or Female Pattern Hair Loss.
·    Specific cases of hair loss due to diseases, therapies, traumas, etc
·    Corrective procedures and restoration of eyebrows, eyelashes etc.

Everyday stress is part of the modern way of life and cannot be considered as a cause of hair loss. However, severe stress causes biochemical changes in the body which affect all functions, including hair.
Hair loss due to severe stress (Telogen Effluvium) is a reversible phenomenon and hair regrows a few months after hair loss manifestation.

The most common cause of hair loss in men is androgenetic alopecia. Due to heredity, androgens and aging, a series of inner scalp interactions lead to hair loss:
Hair follicles on the front and top of the scalp are susceptible to the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT), derivative of testosterone. Testosterone, due to the action of the enzyme 5-a reductase is converted into DHT, which acts on the hair follicles receptors. The prolonged action of DHT on the susceptible hair follicles leads to their gradual miniaturization and shrinking.
As a result, some of the hair follicles become inactive while others loose their ability to produce healthy hair; hair gradually becomes weaker and finally falls out.
The mechanism described above helps us realize what really happens when someone experiences hair loss for the first time: Progressive reduction in hair density is due to hair miniaturization rather than hair loss and this leads to the appearance of thinning.
More simply, we could say that DHT΄s action shortens the Anagen Phase-the period of hair growth. As a consequence, a great percentage of hair stops growing and enters the Telogen Phase, weakens and finally is shed.

Heredity plays a fundamental role in the appearance of hair loss and involves increased chances that someone might experience hair loss. This, however, does not necessarily mean that hair loss in your case -if manifested- will be of the same type or will appear at the same age as it was first experienced by your relatives; heredity is not always expressed in the same way in all members of a family. What we propose is a preventive treatment that will delay the beginning of hair loss and curb its progress.

Men suffering from hair loss do not necessarily have higher levels of testosterone or other androgens in their body. The truth is that due to heredity, their hair follicles are more susceptible and vulnerable to androgens than those of other men. In some cases, they have more DHT receptors or higher levels of 5-a reductase. For instance, men with low levels of 5-a reductase do not experience androgenetic alopecia. That means that androgens can lead to hair loss only because of heredity.

Frequent haircuts release hair from damaged shaft edges, but have no preventive effect on hair loss, as the hair loss process occurs within the scalp.

If hair loss occurs due to minerals, enzymes, vitamins or amino acids deficiency, then lotions and food supplements can treat the problem of hair loss. In any other case, their use cannot stop hair loss, but it can invigorate and strengthen hair.

In the majority of cases, hair shedding up to 2 months is a reversible phenomenon and may be attributed to several factors, such as malnutrition, stress, extreme fatigue, seasonal hair loss. If hair loss persists, you should seek further diagnosis which will define the precise causes of hair loss so that you will then follow the appropriate course of treatment.
Diagnosis through Microscopic Hair & Scalp Analysis at BERGMANN KORD can give us a reliable estimate of the present condition of your hair.

Internet is a significant source of information about hair loss, but it can in no way substitute for the individualized consultation.
At BERGMANN KORD you can have a free consultation and diagnosis through Microscopic Hair & Scalp Analysis. You simply call us and arrange an appointment at any of our clinics in Greece or Cyprus. With no further obligation, you can have a thorough conversation with our experts, ask any questions you may have and receive honest and reliable answers.
If personal consultation is not feasible, you can alternatively fill in and submit the Online Hair Transplant Diagnosis Form. Our doctors will evaluate all the information you send us and you will receive a prompt answer with everything you need to know about your personal hair loss issue.

Hair grows in naturally occurring groups of 1-4 hairs, called Follicular Units. Each follicular unit is a complete biological structure that includes nerves, blood vessels, sebaceous glands, collagen and the small muscle erector pili.
Each hair follicle has a genetic predisposition. Single hair follicles are distributed along the frontal hairline and as we move toward the back part of the scalp, hair follicles constitute groups of 2, 3 or even 4 hairs.

The donor area is the area on the back and sides of the scalp. The overwhelming majority of donor area hair follicles has a genetic resistance to androgens, thus the donor area cannot be affected by severe hair loss and maintains an adequate hair density. (Hair loss in the stable hair growth area is negligible for almost all men).
During hair transplantation procedures, doctors extract hair follicles from the donor area and reimplant them to the thinning areas of the scalp.
The transplanted hair follicles preserve their genetic resistance to androgens even in the thinning area, where they continue to grow normally throughout one΄s life time.
BERGMANN KORD doctors extract and reimplant hair follicles only from the scalp. Hair transplantation cannot provide natural and refined aesthetic results if performed with hair follicles from other parts of the body.

Hair transplantation is the only medical treatment for androgenetic alopecia restoration. It is a redistribution of hair from areas of adequate hair growth to areas of insufficient hair growth.
Hair transplantation at BERGMANN KORD can ensure a permanent, natural and flawless aesthetic result.

Hair transplantation can be effective for both genders and at almost all ages, thus being limited only by a specific health problem or a particular type of hair loss (e.g. Telogen Effluvium). For these reasons, a diagnosis and an assessment of your medical history record are absolutely necessary before you make any decision on hair loss treatment.
Limitations also exist in the case of inadequate hair supply or laxity of the donor area, although modern techniques can attain maximum exploitation of the donor area and more than 90% persons interested in hair transplantation are suitable candidates.

No. In some cases, a very slight hair loss can be observed at an advanced age, but this also goes for all hair. Donor area hair follicles are not much affected by androgens and preserve this trait in the recipient area as well.

The answer will be given to you once we have the results of the Microscopic Hair & Scalp Analysis and you have been personally examined by the doctor. You can also submit the Online Hair Transplant Diagnosis Form attaching your photos.

New hair appears approximately 3 months after the procedure and gradually continues to grow. Noticeable improvement can be observed six months after the procedure and complete results can be attained in approximately one year thereafter. This gradual hair growth helps the patient get familiar with their new appearance, as transplanted hair follicles require a considerable period of time in order to produce new hair.

A hair transplant procedure lasts a few hours, but time goes by quickly and pleasantly. During the procedure, you can have a conversation with the medical team, watch TV or simply relax.

No. Hair transplantation is performed through local anaesthesia to the donor as well as to the recipient area. You can also be administered analgesic treatment in case there is a slight discomfort, like sense of numbing, pulling or itching. Hair transplantation is a mild surgical operation without any side effects or complications, provided you follow the post operative instructions.
In some cases there may appear small scabs at the recipient sites, but they heal within a few days.

The only special treatment for transplanted hair should be provided only during the first post operative days. Thereafter, no special treatment is needed beyond every day hair care. New hair can be washed, cut, combed and dressed.

The way hair transplantation has been performed until now consists in the extraction of hair follicles from a person and their reimplantation to the same person (auto transplantation). Hair transplants from an incompatible host means that hair follicles are being transplanted from one person to another (person to person transplantation).
This way of hair transplantation is not at all effective, as new hair is perceived as a foreign body and is rejected. This happens even in the case that hair comes from relatives or people of the same blood group.

Diagnosis through Microscopic Hair & Scalp Analysis, as well as a personal examination by the doctor, can help us determine the appropriate period to undergo hair transplantation. If hair loss shows signs of stabilization quite early, then hair transplantation can be the appropriate solution. By this way of treatment, appearance of extended thinning can be avoided and hair loss progress can be monitored.

Hair transplantation is a redistribution of the existing hair follicles; they are transferred from the donor area of the scalp to the recipient area. That means that hair transplantation cannot bring back the initial degree of density. But even under these terms, hair transplantation can accomplish a sufficient degree of density, give the sense of fullness and achieve natural, refined results.
As a future prospect, hair cloning could be the solution to a limited donor area supply and enable many more candidates to be suitable for hair transplantation.

Hair loss at a young age is an evolving phenomenon and therefore should be treated with extra care and responsibility. More

At BERGMANN KORD, hair transplantation is regarded above all as a medical procedure which demands a deep sense of responsibility and scientific excellence. BERGMANN KORD medical teams include head doctors, assistant doctors, an anaesthesiologist and specialized nursing staff. All hair transplantation procedures are performed at our modern, private-owned clinics where all medical and hygiene protocols are strictly observed.

Modern hair transplantation techniques, when performed by skilled and experienced doctors at acknowledged hair clinics, have the potential to ensure the best possible results. But no technique can really help if the doctor does not possess the required skills and experience to fully implement it. And there is no one-size-fits-all technique. The doctor should master all modern techniques and select the suitable one or the appropriate combination thereof.

Our advanced techniques can also apply hair follicles transplantation on eyebrows, eyelashes etc.

During your personal consultation with the doctor, you can view pictures of the different stages of the post-operative course in order to have a clear and reliable insight into the post-operative period. The doctor will give you a more analytical description of the post operative course.

The frontal hairline is the key factor in determining the aesthetic result of hair transplantation. It is the first part of the scalp to be seen and should be binding naturally together forehead and hair. BERGMANN KORD doctors establish your personalized hair transplantation plan by taking into account both your desires and the rules of aesthetic medicine. Our policy consists in creating the most suitable profile for our clients. For that reason, our doctors have a specific policy regarding eccentric demands.

BERGMANN KORD doctors, with the implementation of the FUT technique, have managed to leave but invisible scars that could be detected only by an expert. With FUE, very small but quite visible white spots will remain at the donor area. The doctor’s ability plays the most important role in straining as little as possible the donor and recipient area skin so as to leave the slightest possible scars.
BERGMANN KORD doctors implement the most advanced hair transplantation techniques, which have a minimum impact on skin strain, both at the donor and the recipient sites.
At BERGMANN KORD, all of our planning aims at providing undetectable results. It is the most important parameter that renders hair transplantation successful: it must be completely unnoticeable.

The advanced hair transplantation techniques implemented by BERGMANN KORD doctors can ensure a satisfactory result in only one session for many of our patients. Our doctors strive to provide the optimum solution, which is the maximum utilization of your potential in order to attain the best possible result.
The number of sessions depends on the type and extent of thinning, the desirable degree of density and other factors as set out in your Personalized Hair Transplantation Plan. Our doctors will reliably inform you of the number of sessions needed.

Surely, you only have to inform us of your request and we will arrange an appointment for you.

The donor area can supply even 50% of its hair without an obvious sense
of thinning. A donor area of very high density has 90-100 hair
follicles/cm2, which correspond to a supply of 10.000 hair follicles.

Surely, provided you inform our doctors of the type of treatment and the period you have been following it.

Hair follicles are sensitive biological units and require careful
treatment during their extraction, safekeeping and placement to the
recipient sites. If the process protocol is strictly observed, hair
follicles will grow normally.

Hair transplantation cannot prevent hair loss. Transplanted hair will keep growing throughout a lifetime but susceptible hair follicles won΄t cease being vulnerable to hair loss. This is why diagnosis through Microscopic Hair & Scalp Analysis is very important, as it provides useful information on future hair loss progress and also contributes in establishing the appropriate hair transplantation plan. The result of hair transplantation must be the best possible presently and as the patient grows older.

Hair transplantation should be individualized, undetectable and fitting ideally to the patient’s profile as if they had never experienced severe hair loss. It should provide a natural and refined aesthetic result.

Hair transplantation is the only medical way to restore thinning areas by using one΄s own existing hair. Even the world΄s most famous pharmaceutical treatments (Finasteride, Minoxidil), do not have any effects on bald areas and for this reason they are usually received from young persons at the early stages of hair loss. Moreover, they should be received throughout one΄s life; otherwise all effects are lost when you quit them.

No. Hair transplantation is a micro procedure performed through local anaesthesia and after the end of the procedure you return home.

The only impact on existing hair is absolutely temporary: the reimplantation of hair follicles to the thinning area can cause a kind of shock to adjacent hair follicles. As a result, some of them -and some of the transplanted hair as well- may fall out 2 weeks after the procedure. This is an anticipated and absolutely normal phenomenon. Temporary hair loss is not a matter of concern, as new hair will start regrowing. In some cases, a very small percentage of these hairs does not regrow, because they had already been in the Telogen Phase.

For those patients who wish to have their hair restored within a shorter period of time, BERGMANN KORD doctors have achieved a waiting period of 4 months between 2 subsequent FUT sessions, ensuring the best possible healing process for the donor area.
FUE requires a 5-month interval between 2 subsequent sessions.

The cure for hair loss has not been found yet. By the term “Hair loss treatment” we are referring to the options we have in giving a new lease of life to hair follicles. Hair loss therapies can offer nourishment and strengthening to hair follicles in order to prolong the hair growth cycle. This delays the beginning of hair loss and restricts its spectrum of action.

The intensive laboratory research conducted by German BERGMANN since more than 130 years in the field of hair loss and problems of hair and scalp in general, has led to scientific therapies that have the potential to offer optimized effectiveness in the treatment of hair loss or other problems of hair and scalp.
BERGMANN KORD΄s treatments are of natural origin, safe and have no side effects.
BERGMANN KORD΄s invigorating hair therapies are implemented even in cases of advanced hair loss and are carried out through Volumed Treatment and Soft Laser. Our therapists establish the appropriate individualized program for each person, evaluating the specific needs of his organism, hair and scalp.

Soft Laser is absolutely safe and has no side effects, as it performs epidermic therapeutic scanning.

Yes, Volumed treatment can be self-administered at home.

The effectiveness and duration of hair loss treatments differ from person to person, as they depend on the extent and degree of hair loss, the organism’s characteristics and the treatment frequency and intensity. The minimum recommended period of treatment is 3 months.

You can place your orders through our website by submitting the Order Form or come to any BERGMANN KORD hair clinic in Greece or Cyprus.

Frequency of hair washing depends on your hair΄s needs. It is very important however to use the appropriate shampoo.

This is a popular misconception. Frequent washing does not aggravate hair loss; on the contrary, it has a beneficial effect especially in the case of oily hair: sebum contains DHT which -if not removed by shampooing- remains and acts on hair follicles, thus provoking hair loss.

According to experts, the modern way of life is responsible for the observed earlier onset of hair loss. Although hair loss cannot be avoided when heredity exists, a sequence of parameters contributes to a sooner than expected appearance of symptoms:
•    Inappropriate nutritional habits
•    Smoking
•    Exposure to polluted or dusty environment
•    Alcohol
•    Stress or emotional pressure

Sleep
Sufficient sleep of good quality is a prerequisite for good overall health and the organism’ s sound functioning.

Enviroment
Polluted
environment, such as urban environment, demands further haircare:
frequent shampooing and protection from the damaging factors.

Appropriate Care
Shampoo, conditioner and mask must be selected according to the standards and needs of our hair type.

Coiffure & Hairstyling 
We should limit chemical hair styling techniques as well as tight and frequent binding.

Sea and Sun

•    The frequency of hair washing depends on our hair΄s needs, our habits, our working environment etc.
•    Daily hair washing needs the appropriate mild shampoo.
•    We shouldn΄t use very hot water during hair washing. We should use small quantities of shampoo, conditioner or mask.
•    During hair washing, we massage gently the scalp with our fingertips. Intense friction should be avoided.
•    Massage is more beneficial for people experiencing hair loss, as it stimulates microcirculation on scalp.  
•  
 Conditioner is necessary for medium length hair and long hair,
especially dehydrated and dried ones. It hydrates the upper layers of
the shaft and leaves hair smooth and easy to brush.  But it should be
applied only to the ¾ of hair length in order not to aggravate oiliness.

•    Same goes for hair masks, which deeply hydrate hair and,
depending on their ingredients, they reconstruct, rebuild, protect
color, nourish etc, as they develop penetrating action.
•    For more shine, cold water can be used at the last rinse
•    At the end we gently wipe hair with a towel.
•  
 Attention is required when using a hair dryer. It should be kept at
least 8 inches away from hair, and operate at medium temperature. We
should not dry hair completely, only the areas that need styling.
•    To provide the desired styling, we make gentle movements with the brush.
•    Colored or highlighted hair requires further specialized care.

The average period is 7 – 10 days. It depends on the organism΄s healing ability, the type of the procedure and the nature of your activities. The doctor will inform you in detail according to your personal lifestyle.
As for returning to work, some people are back even the day right after the procedure, while others prefer having a hair transplant procedure at the beginning of their vacations.