There is a lot involved when it comes to hair transplants. Hair transplants are not to be taken lightly. It's quite an operation that has a very real impact on your body. You have to endure some real discomfort after getting one.
In this article, I will describe three important steps involved in a hair transplant. Different hair clinics will have different methods of doing the procedure. But the steps below sum up the procedure in general.
1. Because the hair on the back of your head is resistant to DHT (the balding hormone), these hairs are used to transplant them to a balding area of your scalp. After you have received anesthesia in the back of your head, a doctor excavates a strip of hair by making incisions and lifting the strip out of your head. The wound is then stitched up.
2. After the strip of hair has been excavated, you will have to wait for a few hours while a team of medical staff carefully dissects the strip of hair into tiny units. These tiny units of hairs are called grafts. Grafts can either contain one, two, three or four hair follicles. These grafts will eventually be used to transplant to a bald area.
3. Once the medical team is done dissecting your hair strip, there is a collection of hair grafts available for transplanting. Before the actual transplant procedure begins, the doctor makes a number of tiny openings in your scalp. He can either use a medical instrument or a precision laser for this. These openings are little wounds that will hold the grafts. Over the next few hours, the medical staff will implant the grafts into the openings.
These steps pretty much summarize what is involved in getting a hair transplant. The hair from the back of your head is DHT resistant and is therefore used in balding areas of your scalp. These hairs are obtained by dissecting a strip of hair that comes from the back of your head. The grafts that this procedure yields, are implanted into tiny openings on your scalp. When these openings heal up, the grafts are firmly in place. The hair from these grafts then continues to grow normally.
After your transplant is complete, the hairs will continue to grow normally for two weeks. Then, they fall out due to something called shock loss. This is normal and not something to be concerned about. It is simply a reaction of your grafts to the operation. After a while, the hairs will continue to grow normally and uninterrupted all your life long.
All in all, hair transplants can be a great way to improve your looks. There are consequences involved, so do your research before getting one done. There are many pictures of celebrity hair transplants available on the web, so you can have a look at those before taking the plunge yourself. There is much technological process and hair transplants are getting better and cheaper all the time. So make comparisons between the hair transplant clinics that are available near you. - 17943
In this article, I will describe three important steps involved in a hair transplant. Different hair clinics will have different methods of doing the procedure. But the steps below sum up the procedure in general.
1. Because the hair on the back of your head is resistant to DHT (the balding hormone), these hairs are used to transplant them to a balding area of your scalp. After you have received anesthesia in the back of your head, a doctor excavates a strip of hair by making incisions and lifting the strip out of your head. The wound is then stitched up.
2. After the strip of hair has been excavated, you will have to wait for a few hours while a team of medical staff carefully dissects the strip of hair into tiny units. These tiny units of hairs are called grafts. Grafts can either contain one, two, three or four hair follicles. These grafts will eventually be used to transplant to a bald area.
3. Once the medical team is done dissecting your hair strip, there is a collection of hair grafts available for transplanting. Before the actual transplant procedure begins, the doctor makes a number of tiny openings in your scalp. He can either use a medical instrument or a precision laser for this. These openings are little wounds that will hold the grafts. Over the next few hours, the medical staff will implant the grafts into the openings.
These steps pretty much summarize what is involved in getting a hair transplant. The hair from the back of your head is DHT resistant and is therefore used in balding areas of your scalp. These hairs are obtained by dissecting a strip of hair that comes from the back of your head. The grafts that this procedure yields, are implanted into tiny openings on your scalp. When these openings heal up, the grafts are firmly in place. The hair from these grafts then continues to grow normally.
After your transplant is complete, the hairs will continue to grow normally for two weeks. Then, they fall out due to something called shock loss. This is normal and not something to be concerned about. It is simply a reaction of your grafts to the operation. After a while, the hairs will continue to grow normally and uninterrupted all your life long.
All in all, hair transplants can be a great way to improve your looks. There are consequences involved, so do your research before getting one done. There are many pictures of celebrity hair transplants available on the web, so you can have a look at those before taking the plunge yourself. There is much technological process and hair transplants are getting better and cheaper all the time. So make comparisons between the hair transplant clinics that are available near you. - 17943
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Jay Bateman has experience with hair transplants. You can read all about it at his website botched hair transplants or at David Beckham hair transplant.
