Hair implantation a permanent method of hair restoration
There are many surgical and non
surgical treatments to cure baldness. Hair implant surgeries are a permanent
method of hair restoration. There are two basic methods of these surgeries and
they are suggested to patients according to their needs and requirements. Dense, thick and healthy hairs
are associated with youth and revival. People that are suffering from baldness
and partial hair loss are always in search of such treatment that can restore
their hairs back on the scalp. Some of them go for medicinal treatment such as
Finasteride and Minoxidil. Medicinal and herbal treatments show their results
after a very long time. In these days people usually go for hair implantation
so that they can restore their hairs within a few months. This treatment uses
hair follicles that contain on two four hair follicular units. In implantation
surgery, hair follicles are replaced from the one portion of the scalp to
another. It is also known as hair transplant or hair restoration surgery. When it comes to history, hair transplant or
implant has its origins in Japan where in 1930s, a Japanese transplant surgeon
had successfully transplanted the bald eyebrows of his patient. Due to the
effects of world war two, no further research could be taken in this field. In
1950, an American Dermatologist Norman Orentreich was the first who
successfully implanted the hairs on the bald scalp of a patient suffering from
male pattern baldness. It took further thirty years for hair surgeons to create
small hair grafts for implantation treatments. Traditional surgical method of
hair implant became available in clinics and hospitals during late eighties. In
early 2000s, follicular unit extraction became the latest implantation method.
To provide hair implantation to
the patients, first of all a surgeon carefully examine the scalp of the
patient. He suggests the best method of implant to him according to his needs
and demands. There are two hair implant methods accessible these days. One is
follicular unit transplant (FUT) and the other is follicular unit extraction
(FUE). Surgeon also advises several pre operative suggestions to the patients.
so that he can get the best results after the treatment. In most cases, use of
alcohol, caffeine and smoking is prohibited to the patients several weeks
before the surgery. During actual surgery, local anesthesia is injected to the
scalp of patients by using either method of implant. This anesthesia lasts for
up to six hours. Then, patient’s scalp is washed through a shampoo containing
antibacterial agents.
In traditional strip surgical (FUT)
method, hair follicles are obtained through using a thin strip. This strip
helps in extracting the hair follicles at once. After the surgeon removes
follicles from the donor area of the scalp, he placed them under a binocular
microscope. Donor area in FUT is usually back and sides of the scalp. Under the
microscope, extracted follicles are separated from each other by a surgeon or
expert member of his team. It is also necessary to lean the hair follicles from
their neighboring tissues. In case of FUE hair transplant Pakistan and other countries, hair follicles are harvested
from the scalp one at a time. A small punch like instrument is used to make
incisions around each follicle to separate them from its surroundings. Surgeon
use small forceps to pull out each follicle once they got separated. The
creation of recipient’s sites follows the same process in FUT and FUE. A hollow
needle is used to make tiny holes in recipient area of the scalp. Once the
holes are created, hair grafts are placed in a proper direction. If patients
have gone through FUT implant, the recovery time is no more than twenty one
days. In case of FUE, recovery time is only one day. Post operative cares are
also recommended to patients so they can get the best and high quality results
after their implant. Some patients can also get certain side-effects, but most
of them are temporary. Hair Implantation is a very much
trusted procedure and it needs from four thousand to thirty thousand dollars to
get the treatment. But hair transplant in Pakistan can be done in the range of one to three thousand dollars. The
cost is also not covered under any health insurance.
