If you hair loss has gotten to the point where you are considering hair replacement surgery, you need to make sure that you exercise due diligence and thoroughly research the qualifications of your hair replacement surgeon.

Any doctor worthy of the title will be happy to provide you with all the information you need in relation to their medical education and background and surgical history and experience. In fact far from being offended most hair replacement surgeons will insist that you shop around and find a surgeon you can be totally happy with performing your hair transplant surgery.

What follows are five key questions that you definitely need to ask, and get answered, before you consider any prospective hair loss surgeon.

1) You need to find out specific details about your doctors medical background and training. You should look back to the beginning of his medical career, checking for training and surgical experience in all facets of hair replacement surgery, including the length of time that he has been performing hair replacement surgery and other hair loss procedures such as micro-grafting and "scalp-lifts"

2) Make sure to view all of your hair loss surgeon's certificates and diplomas. Check to see if he or she is a member of the appropriate board for hair loss surgeons in your area. And if your doctor does not have hair loss surgery certifications, check to see what fields they have been certified in. In some areas there is no certification specifically for hair loss surgery, so it is important to find out what areas these doctors have specialized in and are certified to perform.

3) Thoroughly look into the doctor's hair replacement surgery history. Thoroughly check out how many times they have performed hair replacement surgery. Find out how successful the operations were and if there are any complications or complaints from their patients

4) Always remember that if you opt for hair replacement surgery you're purchasing a service and as such it pays to make sure you know the exact cost of your surgery. Some procedures such as "micro-grafting" are typically quite expensive, so if you are quoted an excessively low cost for such a procedure you may need to look into things carefully. That is not to say that the more your hair replacement surgery costs the better the results will be. On the contrary, oftentimes highly skilled hair replacement surgeons will deliberately lower their prices in order to make the surgical procedure more accessible to people who need it.

As with the purchase of any high-end product, make sure you shop around and compare prices, ultimately deciding on a product that not only you can afford, but one you feel comfortable with.

5) Lastly always make sure to check with the appropriate business and medical Association's to see if there have been any complaints made against your doctor. If you find that there have been, find out how these complaints where handled and if they have been settled. Complaints against the doctor would not necessarily preclude them from your list of possible hair replacement surgeons, it's more a question of simply finding out all that you can about the professional conduct of the doctor who will be performing your hair replacement surgery.

When looking into surgery of any kind it always pays to have all your questions thoroughly answered before you actually have the surgery. As obvious as this sounds many people are frightened to question their doctors and find out the information they need in order to make an informed decision about the surgery they are considering having.

Don't be one of them. Always remember you're purchasing a service a rather expensive service in this case and you should expect no less than the best hair replacement surgery service and "after sale care" your money can buy.