How a Hair Transplant Works
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Valerie in Surgical Procedures
When many people think of hair transplants, they think of early surgeries done decades ago using hair plugs that inserted clumps of hair in a pattern on top of the head. While they enjoyed a brief stint of popularity, it was easy to spot people who had received the procedure because the results were simply not natural looking. Things have changed!
Thankfully, modern hair transplants do not even remotely resemble those procedures, and today’s surgeries can leave you looking like you have never spent a day without a full head of hair.
A modern hair transplant uses your own hair and involves follicular transplantation. A small strip of skin and hair is removed from the side or back of your scalp and the opening is closed with tiny absorbable sutures. The strip is sectioned into different types of follicular units and reattached to the graph region of the scalp. The slits for these new follicles are pre-cut so that the new follicles fit perfectly and give the appearance of natural hair.
The surgery is remarkably painless and patients can return to work as soon as the next day. The hair will start to grow in only a few short months and will be able to be cut, combed, and styled normally. One of the biggest benefits to these transplants is that the use of your own hair eliminates the distinction between natural and transplanted hair.
Hair transplant surgery is popular because it is successful. This simple three to five hour procedure can change the way you see yourself as well as the way the world sees you. If you are interested in a hair transplant procedure, contact a medical professional. This simple transplant procedure can help you recover the full and flowing locks that you have grown accustomed to without making it obvious to strangers that you have ever had surgery.
