DR. KAVITHA GV MANDAL
Hair Loss is one common discussion among every group today. We see people worried about unbalanced hair loss and doubt its various causes, aren’t you? The first that comes to your mind is the hair treatment that can help you restore your hair. Read on to find answers to some of your unanswered queries.
Hair transplant is a type of surgery that requires drawing out hair follicles from the sides or back of the scalp or any part of the body and embedding them in the bald areas of the head.
The hair transplantation surgery is done under local anesthesia once the area around the surgical area becomes numb to avoid pain during surgery.
Anyone seeking details regarding the procedure can consult the concerned doctor and mention the concerns about hair loss. The doctor will first examine your body and scalp before deciding on the procedure. Patients are required to give detailed information on any family history of hair-related issues and produce previous medical records for reference.
The duration of the procedure depends on the type of procedure that is prescribed.
A strip of hair transplant or a Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT) may take up to 4-6 hours.
Meanwhile, the Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) can take up to 8 hours and can implant up to 3,500 hair grafts
The post results of a hair transplant procedure are usually permanent. In case you suffer from baldness or alopecia genetically present in your family then you are at a chance of losing the existing hair but not the ones transplanted. However, if the doctor’s advice is followed strictly and the right precautions are taken, the results will be quite healthy.
The FUT hair transplantation procedure can cause a linear scar that hides under the dense hair at the backside of your scalp. In the case of FUE hair transplant, there will be tiny scars after the procedure that will disappear in due course of time.
A hair transplant procedure can look obvious because of its unnatural appearance. The final look depends on how well the surgeon has performed the procedure and designed your hairline.
The back sides of the scalp are genetically resistant to balding. Therefore, such follicles are transplanted to the bald area on the head as they do not lose their character and can survive for the most part of their life.
