Hair Transplantation
Shubham skin clinic at Pune Sinhagad road is well equipped with advance technology instruments and team of expert doctors for hair transplantation surgery.
What is hair transplantation & how it is done?
Hair transplantation is the procedure in which your own hairs of back side of head are taken out with live roots & implanted into the hair loss (Bald) area of scalp so that it gives more natural hairs on head. Hair transplantation is done in patients who has total baldness & don’t respond to other treatments of hair loss. But for hair transplantation good number of hairs are required in donor area (back area of head) from which hairs are to be taken out.
There are 2 methods of hair transplantation stripe method & FUE method. In this FUE (follicular unit extraction) is more commonly done because it is minimally invasive method.
First we prepare donor area (back area of head) from which we have to take hairs for transplantation. Area is trimmed up to 1-2 mm length. Then area is cleaned properly & local anesthesia is given. After that one by one follicular unit containing 2-3 hairs are extracted by specially made micro motor with attached 0.7-0.8 mm punch & stored in cold saline. Then the bald area is cleaned & after giving local anesthesia one by one hair unit (grafts) are implanted into bald area to cover whole area. No dressing is required on grafted area. Very fine holes will remain on donor area which usually heals in 5-7 days.
In what conditions & what areas can be treated?
Hair transplantation is done in patients having total baldness & having good number of hairs present in donor area & who don’t respond to other treatments of hair loss. Generally it is done on frontal, temporal & middle area of head.
Is hair transplantation safe, painless & cost effective?
As such there are no side effects of hair transplantation. It is totally done under local anesthesia so mild pain is there during the anesthesia. Hair transplantation usually takes 8-10 hours & needs a team so its cost depends on the area of baldness.
What is time duration & how many treatments will be required?
Hair transplantation usually takes 8-10 hours. Most of the time it is done in 1 session but sometimes one more session may require.
What are the advantages of this procedure?
• It is done in both males & females. It is day care procedure & doesn’t need hospitalization
• There is no cut so stitches are also not required.
• Minimum pain & low risk of infection.
• Maximum density of hair is restored so result is very good & gives more natural look to the face.
• No scar remains on transplanted & donor area.
• No down time & you can resume your routine work immediately.
What are the precautions of pre & post treatment?
• Any anticoagulant medicines like aspirin should be stopped 1-2 days prior to hair transplantation.
• Mild redness & swelling will be there on head which usually subsides within 1-2 hours.
• Wash hairs very gently after 2 days & do not rub the hairs.
• Course of medicine should be followed as prescribed by doctor.
• Initially few transplanted & normal hairs may fall & then again they grow.
• Final result usually comes after 3-4 months.
