Understanding The Need of Hair Transplantation

 

As part of their natural cycle, hair stops growing and falls out of the follicles. Hair transplants offer a solution by transplanting healthy follicles into the required areas. Follicular Unit transplantation involves removing a thin strip of hairy skin from the back of the head. Follicular Unit Extraction involves cutting around individual follicular units, leaving the rest of the skin intact. Follicular units are implanted into slits in the balding area just the same as with the strip method. It can then take up to 18 months to see the effects as new hair grows in.

 

As part of their natural cycle, hair stops growing and fall out of the follicles, to be replaced with new ones. A human spends a year or half over their lifetime, just washing, brushing, styling, and generally fiddling with their hair. Both men and women can suffer from hair loss – Alopecia - and hair transplants offer a solution by transplanting healthy follicles into the required areas. 

 

In the old days, hair transplants were performed by surgeons removing small patches of hairless skin and inserting around 20 hair-growing follicles. Then, in a kind of grid pattern, these "plugs," as they were known, would be put into tiny holes or slits formed in the hairless area. The problem with this solution is that the follicles grew alright, but they grew exactly where they were implanted. So, the transplanted hair had the look of these strange regular tufts, very much like a doll's hair. 

 

So how are all those follicular units divided? The strip procedure is a little frightening, called as Follicular Unit Transplantation. In a follicular unit transplant (FUE Hair transplant), a small strip of hairy skin is cut into individual follicles and removed from the safe area at the back of the head. This method allows surgeons to get at potentially thousands of follicles in one go. It relies a lot on a steady hand and leaves the patient with a long scar that cuts right across what was their best bit of hair.

 

Going with an alternative technique called Follicular Unit Extraction is one approach to get around this.  This method uses a punch tool that looks like a tiny drill almost, to cut around individual follicular units, leaving the rest of the skin intact. Similar to the strip approach, the follicular units from this extraction technique are implanted into slits in the balding area. And at this point, both art and science are employed. And at this point, both art and science are utilized. The surgeon must ensure that the new hairs mix in perfectly with the existing hair. Drawing a realistic hairline and employing single follicular units at the edge to create a more seamless transition are required for this. Then, multiple units containing two or three follicles are put on the top of the head to give a denser covering.

 

During this long procedure, where up to several thousand individual follicles are painstakingly removed and reinserted into the scalp. Follicular units are implanted into slits in the balding area just the same as with the strip method. It can then take up to 18 months to see the effects as a new hair grows. Some surgeons are pioneering techniques to take hair from other parts of the body. Body hair transplants involve taking hairs from the chest and back and transplanting them onto the scalp. As a cosmetic procedure, it still comes with a pretty hefty price tag – around two pounds fifty per hair. If you don't have the cash you can always embrace the baldness, or if you're self-conscious, invest in a hat.

 

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Both surgeries are viable for men and women who are experiencing baldness or hair loss. To consult, and approach the best hair transplant in Dubai when deciding between FUE and FUT methods. You and your surgeon can talk in detail about your objectives, expectations, the number of follicular units necessary for the desired coverage, and the shape of your hairline during the consultation phase.