Hair Transplant

1. HAIR TRANSPLANT Kaya Skin Clinic

2. Hair transplantation is broadly achieved by removing grafts/follicles from the back of the head that are more resistant to hormonal changes, and placing them in areas of scanty growth or baldness. There are two methods to remove the grafts – Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) and Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). WHAT IS HAIR TRANSPLANT?

3. Even before the actual process or sessions of hair transplantation can begin,the patient needs to have sessions with the concerned surgeon to thoroughly understand the process, do’s and don’ts, expectations and his/her preferred way to go about the process. • An analysis of the patients scalp needs to be done to conclusively decide the most appropriate method to achieve optimum results for a particular patient. This includes deciding on the number of sessions required for treatment for a particular patient, ranging from a single to multiple depending on the scalp analysis. PRE HAIRTRANSPLANT PLANNING

4. A pre-operative folliscopy helps to identify the density of existing hair of the patient that is later used to accurately assess the post-operative results of newly transplanted hair. Some patients are advised topical minoxidil application and vitamins for better results. • More importantly, the intake of any kind of medication outside of the one prescribed for the treatment should be avoided to not affect the eventual results of the procedure. Intake of alcohol, smoking could also lead to poor grafting results.

5. The Hair Transplant procedure is around 6 to 8 hours long. • Patients are given local anesthesia in the donor and the recipient sites. Once the anesthesia is given, patients feel no pain during the procedure. • Most patients feel fine within a day or two after the surgery. Some patients may feel some numbness or soreness for few days. • It usually takes 3- 5 months before the transplanted follicles start growing new hair. The new hair that grows initially is thin and gradually becomes thicker and fuller. • In eight to ten months, the transplanted hair will be completely mature and will continue to grow for a lifetime. HAIR TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE

6. Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is a method of extracting, or “harvesting,” donor hair in a follicular unit hair transplant procedure. In FUE hair transplant surgery; an instrument is used to make a small, circular incision in the skin around a follicular unit, separating it from the surrounding tissue. The unit is then extracted (pulled) directly from the scalp, leaving a small open hole. • This process is repeated until the hair transplant surgeon has harvested enough follicular units for the planned hair restoration. This process can take one or more hours and in large sessions, may be accomplished over two consecutive days. The donor wounds, approximately 1-mm in size, completely heal over the course of seven to ten days, leaving tiny white scars buried in the hair in the back and sides of the scalp. FUE HAIR TRANSPLANT

7. This method of donor harvesting, removing follicular units one-by-one directly from the scalp, is what differentiates the FUE hair transplant from a traditional Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT), where the donor hair is removed from the scalp in one thin, long strip and then subsequently dissected into individual follicular units using a stereo-microscope. • Before the grafts are harvested, tiny “recipient sites” are made in the balding area of the scalp using a fine needlepoint instrument. The follicular units are then placed into the recipient sites where they will grow into healthy hair-producing follicles. • The creation of recipient sites and the placing of follicular unit grafts are essentially the same in both FUE and FUT procedures. The difference lies in the appearance of the donor area and in the quality and quantity of grafts obtained with each technique. FUE HAIR TRANSPLANT

8. Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) is a surgical procedure where hair is transplanted in the balding or hair thinning areas by removing a strip of hair from the back or the side of the head since, the back and side of the heads are not usually prone to balding and have stronger hair follicles. • The hairs or grafts are cleaned and divided into natural follicular units, between 1-4 hairs per unit called follicular units. This procedure is conducted under high magnification to ensure graft survival. • The process begins after the scalp of the patient is anesthetized. A strip of tissue from the donor area (back or side of the head) is removed and then divided into follicular units. FUT HAIR TRANSPLANT

9. As these follicular unit grafts are being prepared, tiny holes are made in the scalp, called recipient sites, where the grafts are placed. • One has to be very careful and precise while making the arrangements and positioning of the follicular unit grafts as the aesthetic value of the hair transplant and how natural it looks depends on it. • The way of arrangement also depends on patient-to-patient, with the history of their hair loss to be taken into consideration. • Since follicular unit transplants mimic the way hair grows in nature, the results, in expert hands, will look completely natural and be indistinguishable from one’s original hair. FUT HAIR TRANSPLANT

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