August 5, 2009

Hair Transplants - The Real Truth Uncovered


By Jay Bateman

Hair transplants are complicated procedures. They are expensive and the surgery will have an impact on your body just like other surgeries. Yet, hair transplants can restore part of your hair and make you look better. Before you decide to get one done, make sure you learn about them in advance.

In order to get a good overview of the steps involved in getting a hair transplant, I have compiled a list of three steps that you will likely have to go through when you decide to get a hair transplant done.

1. In hair transplants, hair that is resistant to the balding hormone DHT is transplanted to a balding area of your scalp. This hair is excavated in the form of a strip from the back of your head. On the back of your head, your hair never falls out because it is DHT resistant. You will get anesthesia so you won't feel a thing when the doctor surgically removes the strip of hair from the back of your head.

2. Since the hair transplant involves carefully placing tiny groups of hairs back into your scalp, the strip of hair is dissected into grafts. A medical team carefully cuts the strip of hair into tiny groups of one, two, three or four hair follicles. These grafts are later used in the actual transplant procedure.

3. Once the medical team is done dissecting your hair strip, there is a collection of hair grafts available for transplanting. Before the actual transplant procedure begins, the doctor makes a number of tiny openings in your scalp. He can either use a medical instrument or a precision laser for this. These openings are little wounds that will hold the grafts. Over the next few hours, the medical staff will implant the grafts into the openings.

These steps pretty much summarize what is involved in getting a hair transplant. The hair from the back of your head is DHT resistant and is therefore used in balding areas of your scalp. These hairs are obtained by dissecting a strip of hair that comes from the back of your head. The grafts that this procedure yields, are implanted into tiny openings on your scalp. When these openings heal up, the grafts are firmly in place. The hair from these grafts then continues to grow normally.

After your transplant is complete, the hairs will continue to grow normally for two weeks. Then, they fall out due to something called shock loss. This is normal and not something to be concerned about. It is simply a reaction of your grafts to the operation. After a while, the hairs will continue to grow normally and uninterrupted all your life long.

If your baldness is bothering you greatly, a hair transplant might help relieve your pain. But know that hair transplants aren't the miracle solution to your hair loss. The rest of your hair will still fall out, which means you'll have to get more hair transplants in the future. Before you have a hair transplant done, it's a good idea to have a look at the many celebrity hair transplant pictures on the web. That way, you can get an idea of what hair transplant results look like. Keep your expectations realistic. An informed buyer is rarely a disappointed buyer.

About the Author:

0 comments on "Hair Transplants - The Real Truth Uncovered"

Post a Comment

Website counter
Dr.5z5 Open Feed Directory
On our way to 1,000,000 rss feeds - millionrss.com
 

Hot Celebrity Planet Copyright 2008 Fashionholic Designed by Ipiet Templates Supported by Tadpole's Notez