Hair transplants have been around in one form or another for about 60 years. The earliest transplants were primitive and the results were never what the patient expected. That was from the regular guy on the street to Hollywood stars – lots of guys were disfigured trapianto di capelli  by shoddy transplants. My older brother had an old Punch style transplant in the late 1970’s and the results were terrible. The grafts were huge and the donor area was torn apart. Not only that, the shock trauma in the transplanted area caused more hair to fall out. But I’m going on a tangent – the point is that early hair transplants were pretty uncomfortable and no one was happy.

hair transplants

Then, in the early 1990s, the idea of microtransplantation emerged. This meant that a strip of donor skin hair was still removed from the scalp, but the hair grafts were in much smaller units of 3-4 hairs instead of the 20-30 hairs used in the old punch-graft style of hair transplantation. This meant transplants looked a lot more natural – the old “doll hair” style of transplant was slowly fading away and only used by the worst kinds of transplant surgeons.

method of transplantation

The next step was ultra-micro hair transplantation, which meant that a single hair at a time could finally be transplanted. In addition, the transplantation method could use follicular unit extraction techniques, which meant that for the first time in the history of transplantation, hair could be taken directly from the donor area and transplanted directly onto the bald patches on a patient’s head. This meant that the normal “smiley face” type of scar hair transplants that patients expected was a thing of the past. There were still scars in the donor area, but these scars are absolutely tiny compared to the old way of scarring with a strip incision hair transplant.

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FUE had just become popular and the idea of body hair transplantation hit the headlines. For years people have wondered if they should have hair transplanted from other parts of their body onto their thinning or balding scalp. Until the early 1990s, the medical expertise and equipment to make this possible were lacking. That has changed. Now you can have hair transplanted on your head from beard, neck, back, chest and legs if you wish. Oddly enough, the hair usually grows like normal head hair, so no one can tell. So if you’ve been told you don’t have enough donor hair for a transplant and you have a hairy chest, back or legs, you’ll have more donor hair right now!

Hair transplantation – the most effective treatment for hair loss in men

Are you tired of using hair products and medications to regrow your hair, then a successful hair transplant can help you change your life altogether. Hair transplantation is a very convenient and most effective medical hair restoration technique.

scalp after anesthesia

The procedure in hair restoration surgery involves removing the strips of hair from the donor area or the back of the scalp after the area has been numbed through the use of a local anesthetic. The hair transplant doctor performs a close inspection with binocular microscopes and punctures the graft recipient sites with a fine needle. The desired areas are then removed with a special instrument. Then the bald spots are anesthetized and small slits are made. The hair transplants are properly prepared and carefully placed in the previously prepared region over the bald spots. A small bandage is then applied as additional protection (overnight only).

Hair restoration surgery can bring amazing results when done properly. In fact, it becomes really difficult to tell if the hair is natural or transplanted. Hair transplantation is also convenient because much less time is spent sorting out the follicular units and transplanting them to the problem areas. In addition, the transplanted hair can LAST FOR LIFE, or at least as long as the hair remains in the area from which the grafts were taken. And the procedure is a burning sensation, but not real discomfort. However, any discomfort that may occur is mild and easily relieved by analgesics.

About ten weeks

After the procedure, the transplanted hair is usually shed within four weeks and then new hair begins to grow (about ten weeks later) and continues to grow for up to a year. Your transplanted hair will grow at about 1/4 inch per month, similar to your normal hair.

Broadly speaking, if we talk about hair restoration costs, they can range from $3000 to $20,000. The cost of your hair transplant operation mainly depends on how many grafts you need and/or how many sessions you need to complete them. Also, the doctors or surgeons may also charge a fee per hair graft (generally they can range from $3.00 a graft to $10.00 per graft). It is also true that the cost of hair transplant surgery varies from person to person, so it is important to consult with hair restoration doctors before deciding on one. Also, keep in mind the other expenses like the price of additional medications, blood tests, anesthetics, and facility fees when calculating hair restoration costs.

Whatever operation

You should also discuss the risks, advantages and disadvantages of the individual surgical methods with your doctor. Regardless of which surgical method you choose, it is important that you do proper research and consider your personal needs.

And it is more helpful if you visit a hair transplant doctor’s website. The site will help you get the information you need before making this important decision. You can also find information about this surgeon including the surgical methods he used, his experience,  hair clinic turkey patient testimonials and other important information about the surgery.