In summary, with the new techniques of hair transplanting, the hairline no longer appears as abrupt or dense as was the case with older traditional grafts. Micrografts create a very natural looking hairline. This enables patients to wear their hair in virtually any style including combing the hair straight back. Micrografts, DFU and TFU grafts create a more feathered, less tufty appearance, thus avoiding the 'Barbie-doll' look that sometimes is present with round grafts before the area has been densely transplanted. They also do not result in the removal of any existing hair in the recipient area and are, therefore, particularly advantageous for transplanting in patients with 'early' MPB or female pattern thinning. Most women, in fact, can now consistently expect cosmetically significant improvement whereas, as recently as 10 years ago, most women were not acceptable candidates for transplanting.

Current techniques have increased the proportion of patients who can be helped by transplanting while at the same time producing far more natural looking results than those of the past. These new techniques are also remarkably effective in helping to correct cosmetically poor results of older types of transplanting. New, more natural looking hairlines can be created in front of old pluggy ones while spaces between the older grafts are also filled (See Figures 20-22 in "Types of Grafts").