Hair transplantation is a surgical process in which hair follicles are transferred from one part of the body called the 'donor site' to a bald or balding part of the body known as the 'recipient site'. Primarily hair transplant surgery is used to treat male pattern baldness . This is a minimally invasive surgery where grafts containing hair follicles that are genetically resistant to balding, (like the back of the head) are transplanted to the bald scalp. Hair transplantation can also be used to restore eyelashes, eyebrows, beard hair, chest hair etc. A hair-bearing tissue that is extracted from one place and transplanted to other balding area is called hair graft. A graft can be a modern follicular unit, mini micro or a large 4 mm hair plug. Hair graft is a generic name given to all of them. Hair graft is usually selected from the back of the scalp which is genetically resistant to hair fall and hair sustainability is high. The surgical approach, tools and the
We all want Good Hair days. Isn’t it? We all want that our crowning glory should always be voluminous, manageable and gorgeous. Is it possible that every day is a good hair day? Well, In today’s era it is possible with a little bit of cosmetic help i.e. Hair transplant Surgery. This one time procedure has helped many people maintain their young and youthful look . This procedure can rescue a balding patch as well as whole scalp. The minimally invasive procedure of extracting hair from a place (donor site) and implanting it at balding site is known as hair transplantation/ restoration . Donor hair is generally removed by a technique called FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction). This is a method of obtaining Follicular Unit (FU) which naturally occurs in groups of 2 to 4 hairs. Each unit is extracted one at a time hence this is a time consuming process but it leaves very small “pit scars” which are hardly visible once hair grows back at the donor site. The FU is then carefully tran