Today when a hair transplant patient reaches my office, he has tried all the pills there are, all the magic potions and wonder gadgets and lights there are and he is desperate since he knows the buck stops at the hair transplant surgeons door. He always knew that but something in him made him opt for one gimmick after the other.
He has realized that the only hope is permanent hair restoration through the expert hands of a plastic surgeon. He trusts the doctor to deliver and that is the reason he is here with us. It is a relationship of trust unlike what he has been through earlier.
Whatever myths regarding the procedure exist, hair transplantation in case done by a qualified and reputed plastic surgeon, is pain free, without scarring, without bandages, with little downtime, and with great results. Doll's head hair and plugs and toupees are now a thing of the past.
The only duty on the patients end is to choose his or her hair transplant plastic surgeon with wisdom and common sense in place.
Doctors who practice state of the art hair restoration are rare. Therefore follow the following advice-
1.Find a hair transplant plastic surgeon who performs this procedure almost every other day and who practices mostly hair transplantation and is focused. Learn about him and his qualifications. What training has he had. Ask for pictures. Its you right to see before and after pictures of patients. See a procedure he is performing and ask the patient how he is feeling.
2.If you go by pricing, most probably you shall end up going to 2 types of doctors. Either he is not getting enough patients (ask yourself what the reasons might be!) or he is practicing the old methods in an unsterile or a medieval set up. A good hair transplant surgeon will be a wee bit expensive but you will get quality work which will show.
3.Once you have selected your doctor and have developed a good understanding with him, and have had your precounselling and final consultation, you are all set for the procedure. You will receive a local anesthetic injection which shall completely numb the area from where hair is to be taken and the area where hair has to be implanted. Most patients either read a book or watch TV during the procedure. You can carry your i-pod along. Your procedure shall take 6 hours, so be well equipped. See a video at the link at the end of this article.
4.During the procedure the doctor will either remove a small strip of remove hair through a punch (FUE) as per your wish. No 2 cases are the same and “only FUE surgeons†are fooling you with their hype. FUE is regarded as a top-up procedure in most cases and is not the elixir for all stages of hair loss as is made out by physicians who are less skilled. However, whatever procedure is chosen, there should be no scar even if you get a buzz cut.
5.Individual hair follicles are then prepared under 50 times magnification by the doctor's team. This is a tedious process and takes 2-3 hours. All the hair that has come out has to be in the head again within 5 hours or else it shall die off. Here is where the speed and skill comes in. A plastic surgeon who does the procedure daily will have a well oiled team which delivers, unlike the physician who does the case once in a while.
6.The doctor shall then make very small needle pricks or slits on the balding area and place one follicle at a time with his assistants. It is a very fine art and takes time. The direction of insertion and the depth of insertion comes with years of experience and not overnight. A skilled doctor will not make punches and stick clusters of hair in them. He will put just one to two follicles in each recipient site. One and then one, is the secret of a successful hair transplant procedure.
7.After the procedure, the doctor shall give you your first shampoo and you go home the same evening with a head band and cap in place. Ofcourse you can remove your cap at home. You come back to the clinic for a second shampoo the next day around lunch time.
8.New hair shall start to grow almost immediately. Some that fall off shall sprout within 3 months.
9.When a qualified plastic surgeon does your procedure, you do not need more than one procedure. However, some cases do need a second procedure.
10.You can return to work the very next day. The hair are natural, permanent and look and feel like what they are- natural hair.
11.With the procedure done at a qualified plastic surgeons' clinic, you save money since there is no loss of transplanted hair and you do not have to come again and again to the doctor for revisions.
12.All the best in choosing your hair transplant surgeon.
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