Contemplating a Hair Transplant Procedure?
In other sections on malebalding.com, we provide information on ways to prevent or slow hair loss. But what can be done when baldness has set in, and nothing seems to be able to stimulate hair follicles back into activity? For many men, and some women, the logical step is to have a hair transplant procedure.
And depending on the skill of the doctor, having hair transplantation can be a very effective way of restoring hair lines and thickness. But it is important that great care is made when selecting the doctor who performs the procedure. In addition to being board-certified, your hair transplant doctor should have a proven and verifiable track record of success.
With hair transplants, strips of hair follicles are removed from the back or side of the scalp and transplanted to bald areas of the scalp. The donor strips of hair are typically 1-1.5 x 15-30 cm. Then, while looking through powerful binocular-type devices, the surgeon punctures the recipient sites on the scalp with a very fine needle. The slits that are created are strategically located based on the desire thickness and hairline. Then, the individual hair grafts are inserted. Hair transplants are typically out-patient procedures, conducting using local anesthesia that take 3 to 5 hours to complete.
Among skilled surgeons, hair transplantation has a high rate of success, as transplanted hair grows just like the rest of your hair. In fact, when hair transplantation is done properly, it is actually is hard to tell whether the hair is natural or transplanted. . Furthermore, hair transplant procedures usually do not lead to long term effects.
When many people think of hair transplants, they picture the thick hair plugs that made it obvious to everyone that rows of hair had just been planted. Fortunately, modern hair transplant techniques have been introduced that make it far less obvious that one has received a hair transplant. Using micro surgical blades, surgeons can now transplant as many as 60 follicular grafts per square centimeter. That is twice as dense as in the past. As a result, patients can have fuller hair after just one hair transplant session.
How Hair Transplants Work
With hair transplants, strips of hair follicles are removed from the back or side of the scalp and transplanted to bald areas of the scalp. The donor strips of hair are typically 1-1.5 x 15-30 cm. Then, while looking through powerful binocular-type devices, the surgeon punctures the recipient sites on the scalp with a very fine needle. The slits that are created are strategically located based on the desire thickness and hairline. Then, the individual hair grafts are inserted. Hair transplants are typically out-patient procedures, conducting using local anesthesia that take 3 to 5 hours to complete.
Among skilled surgeons, hair transplantation has a high rate of success, as transplanted hair grows just like the rest of your hair. In fact, when hair transplantation is done properly, it is actually is hard to tell whether the hair is natural or transplanted. . Furthermore, hair transplant procedures usually do not lead to long term effects.
Advances in Hair Transplants
When many people think of hair transplants, they picture the thick hair plugs that made it obvious to everyone that rows of hair had just been planted. Fortunately, modern hair transplant techniques have been introduced that make it far less obvious that one has received a hair transplant. Using micro surgical blades, surgeons can now transplant as many as 60 follicular grafts per square centimeter. That is twice as dense as in the past. As a result, patients can have fuller hair after just one hair transplant session.
