Assessment of quality of life and self‐esteem in male patients with androgenetic alopecia before and after hair transplantation

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AbstractBackgroundPatients with androgenetic alopecia experience a significant decrease in self‐esteem and quality of life. There are several methods by which these factors may be improved.AimsDetermining whether patients feel better about themselves with a better quality of life after undergoing hair transplant procedure.Patients/Methods35 people were chosen from Jordan Skin and Hair Clinic in Tehran, Iran. Following hair transplant, follow‐up subjects had their quality of life and level of self‐esteem assessed using the Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale (RSES) and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), respectively. The means of quantitative results were compared using paired T‐test. The chi‐square test was done to compare preoperative and postoperative characteristics qualitatively. Differences were regarded significant if p < 0.05. Analysis of covariance was applied to evaluate the effect of marital status and educational level on outcome variables (ANCOVA).ResultsOur findings showed a statistically significant difference (p < 0.001) between pre‐ and post‐operative hair transplantation for quality of life, and mean score increased to 2.17. There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups, with an average self‐esteem score on RSES rising to 5.35 (p < 0.001). A statistically significant link between educational achievement and quality of life was found (p < 0.001).ConclusionThis study found postoperative psychological aspects of AGA patients significantly improve than preoperative. Our results show that there is a statistically significant difference between the self‐esteem and quality of life of AGA patients before and after hair restoration surgery.