Hair Transplant Surgery And Picking Your Doctor
If you're losing hair and need hair transplant surgery, then learn about the latest restoration techniques and how to pick the best doctor.
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What You Now Get From Hair Transplant Surgery
Hair transplant surgery has advanced over the years. Decades ago hair transplant surgery involved the use of "plug" grafts (10-50 individual hairs), which often resulted in an unnatural look. Latest developments in hair transplant surgery procedure now feature follicular unit grafts involving the transfer of distinct hair groups ( 1 - 3 follicles) from the back of the head to balding areas.
* How To Get That "Natural Look". Follicular unit grafts are the most common type of hair transplant surgery presently being performed. Hair grows from the scalp naturally as a single hair unit or in 1-3 hair groups in a single follicular unit.
By moving hair follicles as a "group", the hair transplant doctor can strategically place the hairs and, in turn, create a more dense appearance.
With follicular unit graft surgery a strip of donor hair is removed from the back of the head, an area where balding does not usually occur, and an incision is stitched to close it. This group of 3 hair follicles is small, only visible with use of a microscope.
You generally get a 70% or higher "success rate" with your hair transplant since the donor hair is usually less susceptible to the hair loss agent DHT.
There is a technique being developed called vari-graft whereby single hair units are clustered with multi-hair units to achieve an even more natural hair look.
* Laser Hair Transplant - Cutting Edge...? The latest, hottest technique promoted by hair transplant clinics is laser. What's involved is the following. Your surgeon locates the "donar hair" as normal. Next, using a low-energy laser beam, the surgeon "cuts" an incision where the transplant hair is going to be located. So far, so good.
Results are where the present debate continues unabated with "the jury still out". While some people seem to get OK results, the amount of customers experiencing repeat hair loss and 50% success rate dominates. The problem with the procedure is that creation of the aperture cauterizes and seals the incision from below, thus cuts off the supply of blood and nourishment, which is critical to hair regeneration and growth.
* Determing "Apples Versus Apples " Comparisons - Industry Techno-Speak. Information on hair transplant surgery can be difficult to obtain because different hair transplant clinics and surgeons use different terms for the same type of hair transplant procedures. For example, micro-graft and mini-graft surgeries are often referred to as follicular unit graft surgery.
Micro-graft surgery during the 1980's, and before, meant the transplantation of single hair shafts not in a follicular unit. This transplantation technique attempted to give the patient the broadest display of natural hair. The problem with splitting a follicular unit into 1-3 individual hairs is the likely death of the follicular unit itself, leaving no live, surviving hairs.
Mini-graft surgery involves the transplantation of 3 to 5 hairs (not in a follicular unit) into a small recipient area. A large mini-graft involves the transfer of 5 to 7 hairs into a designated area mapped out by the hair transplant surgeon.
Maxi-graft surgery consists of the transplantation of 6-8 individual hairs in a single graft into designated bald areas.
* Saying Goodbye To "Hair Plugs". Hair plug grafts involve the transplantation of 10-50 hairs in a single graft. This is an old type of hair transplant that is seldom used anymore.
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