We live in a world of cut-throat competition, fast-paced lives and a constant race against the clock. In this pursuit what we do not realize the amount of stress that builds and its consequences on our health. Stress affects almost all superficial aspects that contribute to our appearance and most importantly, our hair. Hair loss in young men and women are becoming increasingly common and leads to baldness subsequently. Baldness is more associated with men due to genetic factors combined with stressed lives, and it progresses pretty fast among men between the ages of 20 to 30.

But thanks to science and technology baldness is reversible with hair transplant surgery. It involves extracting live and healthy hair follicles from the back & sides of the head and implanting them on the bald area. Here is all you need to know about hair transplants

Hair transplant procedures:

1) Hair transplantation procedures use one’s hair. The transplanted hair grows naturally like normal hair without any medical need or special maintenance. One can cut, trim and wash it like a normal routine.

2) There are varied techniques for hair transplantation but the most commonly used are FUT or the strip method and FUE.

The FUT involves extracting a strip of hair growing tissue and transplanting it in the bald area. It does leave a scar in the donor area but that can be camouflaged by an experienced doctor. It is a thin line and when the hair grows back along the line of the strip, it gets concealed. FUT is a very cost-effective and successful technique.

 

FUE or follicular unit extraction is more widely used nowadays because it is a no-scalpel and suture-less technique. The hair follicles are extracted from a healthy donor area and transplanted to recipient areas by the method of punching. In this technique, hair can be extracted or harvested from any area of the body.

3) Hair transplantation does not give a very dense crop of hair but it removes badness and it makes hair grow where there was no hair. The Hair Transplant results depend on the extent of baldness, and the number of hair grafts you get implanted. It rebuilds the hairline to give a youthful appearance.

4) Hair transplantation is a no hassles procedure and one can return home the same day. It is performed under local anesthesia.

5) Hair transplant treatment is a permanent solution. One does not have to repeat it. The initial procedure may though require one or two sessions.

6) there may be some exceptional cases where hair transplant cannot rectify baldness. This usually happens in the case of patients who are taking drugs for certain kinds of diseases or have permanent damage in case of accidents. An experienced hair transplant surgeons can identify and diagnose the case to prescribe the right treatment.

7) The cost of hair transplant cost is calculated concerning the number of hair grafts that are transplanted. A graft of hair usually contains about 1 to 5 strands of hair.

8) The recovery after the hair transplant is very fast in the case of FUE procedure- about a week to 15 days – the time taken for the blood scabs to fall off. The FUT or the strip method has a recuperation period of a few weeks.

9) FUE method is also performed robotically by the advanced equipment in good hair Transplant clinics. This process is very fast and successful but it does cost much more than the other manual methods.

10) Before one decides to go for a hair transplant, one must get a thorough evaluation done of the scalp and use natural and herbal methods to cure and save falling hair. There could be some deficiencies or scalp infections that could be the cause of falling hair.