Hair Transplants

Hair transplants are the most advanced achievement in hair loss treatment. Several decades ago hair transplants were not even dreamed about and nowadays they are becoming a routine surgical operation. Of course, as with any surgical intervention, there are risks but for those, who have lost their hair, these risks are a minor issue. Well, one of the intrinsic risks is that the operation might not be successful and as a result of this your hair might look like cabbage but bald people are bold to go again under the knife, if necessary till their good looks are restored.

Another risk that transplants involve is the risk of infections, especially if the operation is performed by a not-so-skillful surgeon in premises, where hygiene is hardly the first concern. Well, there are enough good clinics all over the world, so when you have decided to spend thousands of dollars on a hair transplant, saving a couple of hundreds of them is not the best idea.

Hair transplants, as the name implies, involve planting new hair on your bald areas. Ideally, you turn to transplantation early, when you are not completely bald and have enough hair at the rear and around the ears that can be used as a donor for the areas that are bald. There are several kinds of surgery but the two basic ones are transplantation and scalp reduction. The second form is not so popular but it can be a better solution if you have large bald areas to cover, while at the same time you have other areas with enough hair. Scalp reduction is actually removing those parts of the scalp that are bald and stretching the hair-bearing regions to cover a larger portion of the head.

Common transplantation involves moving hair from densely covered areas at the rear and around the ears to the bald area of the scalp. It is important to understand that hair transplants use your own hair to cover the existing bald areas, so the earlier you resort to surgery, the better chances for successful recovery are. Though modern surgery allows to transplant very small follicular units (1-4 hairs), rather than 20-30, as it was 20-30 years ago and in theory even if you have only just a few hairs on your scalp, they can be evenly distributed to other areas, it is much better that you don't wait that long.

Very often two or more operations are necessary over time in order to restore your hair in the bald areas. But if your hair loss is not in a very advanced stage, even one operation can produce noticeable results. This is one more reason why you shouldn't wait till you get completely bald. But even if you are very bald, chances are that you will still have follicles that are good for transplantation.

The operation itself is not painful and generally within a few days you will be able to return to your normal lifestyle. You must beware of post-operational infections because besides being unpleasant, they can be dangerous as well. Depending on how much hair you have on your scalp and how large are the bald areas, you might need several operations, each of which needs several months for the wounds to heal. So, it might take about two years till you see your hair flourishing again. In order to achieve even better results, you can consider applying medication like Propecia and Rogaine, or herbs like saw palmetto.

Don't worry about scars. Right after the operation, you will see them all over your head but as time passes by they will fade away. Additionally, when your hair grows longer, it will hide them, so chances are that it will not be visible that you have ever had an operation!