Did Tauski have a hair transplant? Yes, and he talked about it with humour

In May 2020 the Finnish schlager singer Tauski (Tauno Peltonen) told Iltalehti that he had had a hair transplant the previous autumn. According to the newspaper, about 3,400 hairs with their roots were transplanted to the top of his head at a clinic in Istanbul to cover a bald spot on the crown. In his own words: “The hair transplants were done last autumn, when the pizza started to show, meaning the bald spot became visible. Now the hair looks pretty good. A full head of hair!”

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Tauski talked about his transplant with humour rather than embarrassment — the “pizza” on the crown is a joke many men with thinning hair will recognise. That tone matters: hair loss is common, and treating it as an ordinary topic makes it easier to ask a doctor practical questions instead of hiding the problem under a cap.

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A modern hair transplant is an outpatient operation under local anaesthesia. Hair follicles are taken one by one from the donor area, usually the back of the head and the temples, and implanted where hair has thinned. The patient goes home the same day. The two main techniques are:

• FUE — grafts are extracted individually through tiny punctures and placed into channels prepared by the surgeon. No linear scar and no stitches.

A transplant works best when the donor area at the back of the head is dense enough to give grafts and the hair loss has a clear pattern. Typical reasons people consider it:

• a receding hairline or thinning temples;
• thinning at the crown or overall low density;
• hair loss after trauma, burns, illness or hormonal disorders.

When Tauski spoke to Iltalehti about half a year after the procedure, he said the hair looked pretty good. For patients in general, transplanted hairs usually shed in the first weeks — that is normal, the follicles stay in place — and new growth starts after three to four months.

City Medical Centre performs FUE, DHI and combined hair transplants for international patients. The first consultation is free and can be held online: the doctor assesses photos of the hair and the donor area, estimates the number of grafts and names the price, which is then fixed in the contract, with no extra charges on the day of surgery. Current prices start at $2,200 for FUE and $2,500 for DHI.