Hair transplantation is a transplanting of the hair follicle from the places where the hair-resistant hair (for example, the hair of the occipital and temporal area of the scalp) is in the place of baldness.
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Hair transplant operation (hair transplantation)
Hair transplantation is a transplanting of the hair follicle (bulbs) from the places where the hair-resistant hair (for example, the hair of the occipital and temporal area of the scalp is not exposed to male genital hormones) in the baldness places. Hair transplant ends with the advent of the follicle (bulbs) in a new place, then normal healthy hair starts to grow. Transplanted follicles will function until the end of life.
Types of hair transplantation
There are several techniques of hair transplantation. The main methods currently applied is the hair transplant with skin strips (grafts) and point transplant of individual hair follicles (seamless transplantation method). In addition, such techniques are used for surgical treatment of baldness as tightening the scalp and impact of artificial synthetic hair.
Hair transplant with follicular compounds or leather strips (grafts)
Hair transplanting technique Follicular compounds is that slices of skin with follicular compounds are cut off from donor sections of the head of the head (a group of hair follicles growing nearby - Human hair grow) and transplanted to the baldness site.
You can transplanted follicles with mini-grafts - leather areas on which there are several follicular compounds. Hair follicles are joining and hair begin to grow in 3-4 months. Scars from the operation almost not visible.
Point transplant of individual hair follicles (seamless transplantation method)
Separate hair follicles without cutting skin transplanted from free growth in places exposed to baldness. Follicles are extracted with special tools under the control of high precision optical instruments. At the same time, the method of hair growth from transplanted follicles begins almost immediately, and not after three months. Hair grow as well as with other techniques and no difference from natural hair.
Other methods of surgical treatment of baldness
Previously, to hair transplantation, the method of tightening the scalp. At the same time, the skin on the scalp, not having hair, was cut off, and the edges of the wound stuck. Nowadays, this method is practically not applied.
There is also a method of transplanting artificial (synthetic) hair. The method also in our time is applied limited, since the hair does not grow, after the operation, painful itching often appears, postoperative scars, purulent complications. All this can lead to the fallout of artificial hair.
Who shows hair transplantation
Hair transplant operations are held:
- with androgen type of baldness in men and women;
- in the presence of scars and scars after injuries and burns;
- With some peculiarities of hair growth (high forehead, bald and t.D.);
In men, hair transplantation is most often due to androgenic baldness, and it can be carried out only to those patients who still have a certain amount of hair on the head.
Women has a hair transplantation mainly with a cosmetic target for changing the hair growth line, especially in the forehead and temples.
Currently, hair transplanting techniques are perfectly worked out and widely used. It is only necessary to choose the right clinic correctly, focusing not so much on advertising, how much to reviews already treated patients.
