Hair Transplant Surgery

Surgical hair restoration performed by Dr. Angeline Yong, former founding consultant of the National Skin Centre Hair Transplantation Service. Techniques are tailored to each patient's degree of hair loss, donor availability, and desired density.

Hair transplant surgery at Angeline Yong Dermatology is performed by Dr. Angeline Yong, who brings rare specialist credentials to this procedure — she was the founding consultant and lead of the Hair Transplantation Service at Singapore's National Skin Centre, the country's premier public dermatology institution. This background distinguishes the clinic from the many aesthetic centres offering hair transplants as an add-on service; at AYD, hair surgery is a core clinical specialty backed by a full diagnostic and medical framework. Hair transplant surgery involves harvesting follicle units from a donor area (typically the occipital scalp, which is genetically resistant to DHT-driven miniaturisation) and transplanting them to areas of thinning or baldness. The two principal techniques — Follicular Unit Excision (FUE), which extracts individual grafts via small circular punches, and Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT), which removes a strip of donor tissue for dissection — are each suited to different clinical scenarios, and the appropriate method is determined during the pre-operative consultation. A critical differentiating feature of Dr. Yong's approach is her emphasis on accurate pre-operative diagnosis. Because hair loss is often multifactorial — involving androgenetic alopecia, inflammatory conditions such as lichen planopilaris or frontal fibrosing alopecia, or systemic triggers — proceeding to transplant without a thorough medical evaluation risks poor graft survival or ongoing loss in non-transplanted areas. The clinic integrates trichoscopy, blood testing, and where appropriate scalp biopsy into the assessment process before any surgical planning is undertaken. Post-operatively, patients receive structured follow-up care and guidance on adjunctive treatments — including topical and oral medications, low-level laser therapy, or PRP — that can protect existing hair and support graft survival. Results from a well-planned transplant are typically visible from 6–9 months, with final density achieved at 12–18 months. The clinic serves both local and international patients at its Gleneagles Medical Centre location. Graft counts typically range from 1,000 to 3,000+ depending on the area of loss and desired outcome, with pricing structured accordingly. A pre-operative consultation is required before surgery can be scheduled.