First and foremost, make sure you seek the advice of the GP before taking any action. It is also vital to source a reputable, qualified hair loss expert who can provide careful assessment and facilitate transplant surgery via a successful surgeon.
In order to be considered for transplant surgery, you must have a significant amount outstanding quality existing or ‘donor’ hair. Serious hair loss which occurs a single area e.g. the crown is planning to be suitable for hair transplantation. Unfortunately large areas of total hair loss are not deemed suitable for transplantation as the effectiveness of re-growth is minimal.
You must even be in general good health. Hair transplant is major surgery, performed under local anaesthetic with an associated recovery period. To make sure that the surgery to be a success, you always be fit and healthy and ideally you won’t suffer any other major medical considerations.
There are also age constraints using hair transplant a surgical treatment. Candidates should be over 18 but many experienced surgeons won’t perform a hair surgery on young adults. This is because genetic or natural hair thinning is yet to happen and will customise the transplanted hair. Even if you are in your late 20s or early 30s, hair loss can still are available. This means if you undergo surgery, the new hair could fall out and it’s a complete waste of your investment!
It’s worth noting that there are new surgical techniques involved in hair transplants. One option is FUE – Follicular Unit Extraction – which means that hairs are individually extracted from the rear of the head and re-planted across place. This is a lengthy, pain-staking process but the effect can result in minimal scarring too very natural-looking hairline. The other main technique employed in hair transplantation is FUT – Follicular Unit Transplantation. This technique involves taking a more substantial area or ‘strip’ of hair with the back of the head, dividing it into smaller units and then re-planting those units on the desired area of hair loss. Scarring can be a little more conspicuous at the back of the head as the larger area has been removed but an expert surgeon will minimise incision marks make certain rapid healing.
Hair transplants do of course utilise your own natural hair and re-growth can be expected within 4 weeks of surgery. Great care must be taken during your recovery period to protect the newly-transplanted crazy. However, once it is deemed safe to resume normal activities, the results could be life-transforming. A successful hair transplant is permanent and can restore confidence and self-esteem.
International Hair Institute – Hair Transplant Chicago
50 E Washington St Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 854-3899