Hi Dr. Rassman:

A number of years ago, I had some hairloss related to having my hair tied back too tight. At first I thought I was losing my hair, by over the years it’s become increasingly apparent that I’m suffering from damage from traction alopecia. The hair is back, but grows only an inch or two.

Is there anything short of a transplant I can do to treat it?

With traction alopecia in some cases there are elements of damage that still leave hair there, but the hair is not healthy anymore. Yes, hair transplants can increase the density there and the hair transplants will grow to full length. There’s really nothing else you can do to treat it, unfortunately.

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