hair transplant

American  

noun

1. the surgical transfer of clumps of skin with hair or of viable hair follicles from one site of the body to another, usually performed to correct baldness.

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Etymology

Origin of hair transplant

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Still, I began to wonder if a hair transplant was my only option.

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When I started considering having a hair transplant, I had just finished university, had little money, and no real idea how much the procedure might actually cost.

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"You're still quite young," I remember the hair transplant consultant telling me, as he drew on my scalp with a felt-tip pin.

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Despite the payment plan, I realised I couldn't afford a hair transplant - especially if I'd have to come and get a top-up later in life.

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After jokey comments from his barber, Ben decided to consider having a hair transplant.

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