Hair that is afflicted with baldness can be diagnosed very easily by physical and visual observation of the pattern, distribution and density of the hair. The area with hair loss should be examined to check for any skin disorder as rushes, acne, scarring or inflammation. Alopecia can be detected through the checking of ones nails for it also manifests itself on nails. Any sign would suggest hair restoration operation.

Blood tests such as histogram, blood cell, full blood count, iron analysis, thyroid glands operation test and the antibodies testing and other should be also performed to diagnose symptoms of hair loss before hair transplant before and after to establish the real cause of the hair loss and if there is any presence of other disease which could interfere with the process. If it is a woman hormonal change, pregnancy and stress should be considered. A look at the hereditary tree would also come in handy.

Hair Transplants can also be necessitated by infection by bacteria and fungi infection, which could have caused permanent damage to the scalp. But sometimes they just weaken the hair making it easy to break. The scrapings of the scalp can help to test by observation on the microscope the presence of organism which could even be causing irritation leading to vigorous inching; that break your hair.

Little periodical lose of hair should not cause any worry. It is normal to lose a number of hairs due to straining when working, combing or on injury. Before going for the hair transplant you should go for skin biopsy, which would expose and infection or substance on the skin that is hindering growth.