
Hair Transplants - How do they
work?
When hair transplants were first offered as a solution to hair
loss, many men thought their prayers had been answered. In the
early days of hair transplants, a natural look was pretty much
out of the question. Even with this, men still clamored for the
chance to have some coverage, even if it was at the expense of
natural looking hair. Most men figured some hair was better than
no hair.
In the early years of hair transplants and hair replacement, coverage was the
ultimate goal. Most of the transplants consisted of hair plugs
removed from parts of the scalp that still had some hair
coverage. Unless your surgeon was extremely skilled in
transplants, more often than not, the plugs were obvious and
easily recognized as something other than a natural head of
hair. It was only with time and the advancements of medical
technology that hair transplants began to look and feel more
natural.
When I say natural, however, it doesn’t mean your hair is
restored to its original thickness and luster. You do need to be
realistic in your expectations. Hair for hair replacement is not
possible. It is possible, however, to accomplish the goal of
most of the scalp area being covered by some hair. The hair
transplant can restore your natural hairline and frame your face
in an effort to recapture your previous look. Your hair transplant surgeon
should take into consideration just what your hairline looked
like before and make every effort to work with your particular
pattern.
Even though hair transplants have come a long way, there are
still some surgeons that perform the old style of transplants
and you need to be aware of these techniques so that you can
avoid them at all costs. Round or square hair transplants are the
original method of transplants that can leave your hairline
looking more like a doll’s head of hair rather than your natural
head of hair. Line grafts should also be avoided. This hair replacement procedure
simply takes a strip of hair from another part of your head and
replaces it, in strip form, to the balding areas of your scalp.
Obviously, this would not result in anything resembling a
natural look. Next is the flap technique. Its name pretty much
says it all. The surgeon removes a flap of skin from an area of
the scalp that has hair and stitches it onto an area that
doesn’t. Not only does it look completely unnatural, but also
excessive scarring and infection are common side effects. Scalp
reduction should also be avoided. The surgeon cuts away the skin
on the scalp that is bald and simply pulls the ends together and
stitches them up. Again, this can lead to terrible scarring and
a high risk of infection.
If you’re interested in having a hair transplant, do your
research. If done correctly and by a qualified hair trasplantation surgeon, your
results can be life changing. If not, your hair transplant will
be life changing all right, just not in the way you hoped for.
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