A 61-year-old general manager is looking into the mirror to see his 'new-hair' with smile on his face. Doctor Li Guihai, who performs the surgery for him, is looking on.

Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news

Those amongst us with bald pates now have a safe and permanent way to have their hair back and boost their self-confidence.
Mr. Ding, a 61-year-old general manager at a local company, is now upbeat about his new image since undergoing hair transplant surgery at the Shanghai Generation Plastic Surgery Hospital a year ago.
At the relatively-young age of 37, Ding began to shed hair due to an inherited trait and great work pressure and stress as well. "I was sad and lacking confidence at that time, but I never believed or tried the various hair-restoration products, such as those claiming that you can get your hair back in just seven days," Ding said.
After reading an article in a newspaper, Ding contacted Doctor Li Guihai, who is in charge of the hair transplant department at the Hospital, and decided to try the surgery in September last year. "I consulted Doctor Li on several occasions, and finally I trusted his professional knowledge and deep analyses," Ding explained.
The surgery, taking healthy hair follicles from the back and side of the head and surgically grafting them onto bald patches or where the hair is thinning, takes more than five hours, with a total of more than 2,000 strands of hair transplanted.
"I was surprised to have my hair back around six months after the operation and even more hair thereafter," Ding said excitedly.
The third-generation hair transplant technology, introduced from the US in 1997, is a permanent hair replacement solution, with restored hair looking more natural compared with the previous two traditional technologies, said Doctor Li, who has performed about 4,000 such surgeries. Shanghai Generation Plastic Surgery Hospital is the only one in Shanghai to offer such a service, and with prices ranging from 6,000 to 15,000 yuan (US$740-US$1,850), only one-fifth of that in foreign countries, a growing number of people from the US and Europe are opting to undertake the surgery in Shanghai, he said.