THE HAIR TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE –  A PERMANENT CURE FOR HAIR LOSS

For anyone suffering the stress of hair loss and the frustration of topical treatment failures , the permanent solution of hair transplant surgery may be the supposed last resort when all else has failed. Besides the bombardment of advertisment from hair transplant mills, there comes some trepidation and a lack of confidence in most patients where hair transplant surgery is considered . But here is some straightforward information on the procedure itself: what to look for, what to expect, the red flags , and what to avoid; that can make the process less worrisome for patients .

Before the hair tansplant procedure:

You should be contacted by your doctor or one of their medical assistants to confirm your surgery date and arrival time . Look for a helpful staff that will answer all your questions about the surgery or hair loss in general so you know what to expect and what the day of the procedue will entail .

On the day of the hair transplant procedure:

• Evaluation: You will be scheduled to meet one-on-one with your surgeon to review your hair restoration “game-plan,” including the number of grafts suggested to help you achieve your hair restoration goals. During this preliminary phase, your surgeon will also take photos of you which will be used to compare your before and after results 12 months after the procedure.

• Application of Medications/Local Anesthesia: Your surgeon or an anesthesiologist will administer the local anesthesia required for your procedure in the donor area, and the text hair transplantation areas .

• Donor Harvesting: Your surgeon will harvest your donor strip , obtaining the correct number of hair follicles needed to achieve your hair restoration goals.

• Graft Preparation: After the donor strip has been harvested, it is particularly important that great care be taken when separating the excess tissue surrounding the follicles. Since this vital factor determines whether a graft will survive or not , be sure that it will be your surgeon personally cleaning the entire strip of grafts themself before they are separated, as they naturally exist, as 1, 2, 3 or 4 folicle grafts, in which the doctor is also concerned, along with their highly trained staff .

• Creation of Graft Sites: During this phase of your procedure , your doctor will focus on creating the sites where your harvested grafts will be placed. Which graft goes where….and in what angle….are just a few of the key factors involved in creating a natural looking hair transplant result . Be sure to look at your doctor’s before and after pictures from their previous patients to see for yourself that their results show appropriate skill in this process.

• Placement of grafts: Unlike “mill type” organizations that only let their technicians place the grafts, choose a surgeon who will also take part in this vital phase of your procedure. By using single-hair grafts for your frontal hairline and 2, 3 and 4 hair grafts as they transplant on the crown and top areas, your surgeon will apply the latest techniques and equipment to ensure your hair transplant experience will be both gratifying and successful .

• Final review by the doctor: The final step of your procedure should involve your doctor’s perfectionism taking over by conducting a final review of the results of your procedure, ensuring every graft has been placed precisely.

Throughout the entire process, you should expect the best quality of consideration and care from your hair transpant surgeon and their team . Be wary of hair mills, as they churn patients through as quickly as they can , without taking personalized detailed care of their patients as individuals . Look for a surgeon’s office that will walk you through the process slowly , with as much information as you wish to have , with no pressure to get you in and out . More than anything, a surgeon’s album of previous patients should show you their skill and abilities , giving you confidence that you have found the right surgeon to perform your hair transplant surgery.