What is Hair Transplant and Its Process?

Hair transplant is a procedure where hair is removed from one area to another. Due to hair loss and baldness, hair transplants are commonly used to restore hair in the different parts of the body where it is needed. Hair transplantation is a surgical technique where instruments are used on a patient after the administration of local anesthesia to harvest and implant hair where it is necessary. Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) are used.

Men and women with thinning hair and baldness can undergo a hair transplantation procedure to increase or restore hair on their scalp. Men are mainly affected by male pattern baldness where hair loss is visible on the top or on the front of the scalp. Hair loss also occurs in men and women due to genetic factors or hormonal changes.

The process Hair Transplantation

• The process begins with consultations to a surgeon or a dermatologist who gives all the proper information about the transplantation technique

• The steps of FUT are similar to those FUE and the only difference comes from the way hair grafts are harvested and treated before implanting them

• On the real day of the implantation procedure, the hair in the donor area is trimmed for easy identification of the follicles

• Local anesthesia is administered to a patient to prevent pain and discomfort during the procedure

• Extraction: In FUT, a strip is cut from the donor area along with the follicles and the tissue after which, the wound is sutured. In FUE, hair follicles are individually extracted and there is nothing like a strip done

• In FUT, the hair follicles are taken to the laboratory where they are dissected using a microscope and preserved in a solution until they are implanted into the recipient region

• Slits are made in the recipient region

• The hair follicles are implanted into the recipient region and the density is followed here. Hair follicles of 1 and 2 are placed in the front and those of 3 and 4 are put in the incisions at the back. This is done to create a proper density in both the hairline and the behind part of the scalp.