First and foremost, make sure you seek the advice of your GP before taking any pursuit. It is also vital to source a reputable, qualified hair loss expert who can provide careful assessment and facilitate transplant surgery via skilled surgeon.
In order to be considered for transplant surgery, you must have a significant amount outstanding quality existing or ‘donor’ hair. Balding which occurs inside a area e.g. the crown is more likely to be suitable for hair transplantation. Unfortunately large areas of total hair loss are not deemed suitable for transplantation as the success rate of re-growth is minimal.
You must be also in general health. Hair transplant is major surgery, performed under local anaesthetic with an associated recovery period. Make sure the surgery to be a success, you should be fit and healthy and ideally you won’t suffer any other major medical environments.
There are also age constraints related to hair transplant a surgical treatment. Candidates should be over 18 but many experienced surgeons will not perform a hair surgery on young most people. This is because genetic or natural baldness is yet to happen and will affect what transplanted hair. Conveniently in your late 20s or early 30s, hair loss can still are available. This means if you undergo surgery, brand new hair could fall out and it’s a total waste of your investment!
It’s worth noting that there are new surgical techniques involved in hair loss 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 spot. This is a lengthy, pain-staking process but the end result is minimal scarring with a 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 about the back of the head, dividing it into smaller units and then re-planting those units inside desired area of hair loss. Scarring can be a little more conspicuous at the rear of the head as a larger area recently been removed but an established 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 look of your hair. 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