The term hair restoration can mean many things. Most people think of hair transplants when they hear the term hair restoration. Hair transplants are very popular because the technology has become much more sophisticated. Hair transplanting is a type of hair restoration that involves the surgical transplant of the hair follicles from one area of the body to the scalp. The follicles can be removed from another part of the scalp where the hair is quite thick and full or it can be removed from other parts of the body. The transplant is permanent and if you work with a good cosmetic surgeon it will look as natural as the hair looked before the balding occurred.