When
you are young, your scalp shows luxuriant hair growth, but as you age, they
start falling and the hairline starts receding especially from the front. Just
as nowadays, treatment for curing wrinkles and fine lines are available,
similarly the impact of aging on hair can also be reduced or controlled and if
possible restored by using various methods. One of the most guaranteed and
effective methods of getting back the luxuriant hair growth on your scalp is hair transplant. With good
hair transplantation from an expert, you are assured of getting a fuller head
of hair.
Understanding the Process of Hair
Transplant
Transplantation
of hair is a surgical process that has been prevalent since the late fifties
but it has become more advanced, less invasive and less painful since the last
few years. The new technology of transplantation of hair makes use of specific
methods to make the effect long lasting and almost real. Expert doctors conduct
the treatment under local anesthesia.
For transplanting hair, the surgeon cleans the
scalp first and then injects the local anesthesia to make the scalp area numb.
Now, a strip tissue of 3 to 4 inches is removed from the scalp, the scalp is
sewed, and hidden immediately by the hair that is around it. This removed scalp
tissue is then divided and dissected using microscope into 500 to 2000
follicular units or grafts with each unit containing few hair strands each. The
use of graft depends upon the color, quality and type of the hair.
The
area where the hair is to be transplanted is cleaned and numbed and slits or
holes are created using needle or scalpel. Then, each graft is placed in the
hole delicately. The process takes almost four to eight hours depending upon
the extent of transplant. Doctors may advise additional session for
transplantation if you happen to need thicker hair.
Choosing
the Right Expert
The
treatment of transplantation of hair is an outpatient treatment and do not need
long time stay in the hospital. However, for guaranteed results you need to
approach renowned hair transplant surgeon who has a good experience in the
field of transplantation.
Since
the process is more expensive than any other method of hair restoration
including hair weaving and using extensions, it is important that you select
the right doctor and hair expert who know exactly which type of
transplantation, (FUT or FUE) is suitable for you and how much restoration is
possible.
When
it comes to doing hair extensions, you can approach even your regular spa and
salon hair styler to perform it. However, transplantation of hair needs special
expertise in the field of hair restoration and surgery and hence only a
certified surgeon and hair expert should be approached for getting the
treatment.