Some Common Questions On Hair Loss And Hair Replacement Treatment
As most people know the most common reason that people suffer from hair loss is because of genes or heredity
. We all receive the hair loss gene from both parents or from one or the other parent. For men there is a hormone dihydrotestosterone that causes eventual loss of hair follicles through a period of follicle miniaturisation to the follicles that are susceptible. For women the process of hair loss is still not known to any degree of uncertainty.
Hair loss occurs at different rates and at various ages and degrees of severity with men and women differing in the hereditary hair loss process. Factors that can increase the onset of hair loss include illness, medications, vitamin deficiencies and so on.
So once hair loss is recognised and a solution is desired the next step is usually trying to find an answer to hair transplantation and whether hair transplants really work. The fact and good news is that hair transplants do work. Hair follicles are removed and depending on the amount the procedure can take up to three hours to transplant the new hair follicles.
With modern procedures performed by absolute highly trained surgeons there is usually minimal trauma and that these grafts will produce a totally natural result. Although some small amount of discomfort will most likely occur during the injection of anesthetic into the scalp once the skin becomes numb there is no pain. If the numbness starts to reduce more anesthetic is applied to the scalp retaining the level of numbness.
These surgeons using up to date techniques and technology will recreate hairlines and also the crown to such an extent that you will probably not believe how effective and natural the process outcomes are.
The procedures for hair transplant have improved markedly during the last few years with the old plug transplants no longer the norm. The technology and technique of many small grafts of individual follicle transplants has resulted in the huge improvement in natural looking hair transplants.
Typically, the follicles are inserted using 21 gauge* hypodermic instrumentation (0.8mm). Where appropriate, 23 gauge* (0.6mm) instrumentation is also incorporated in hairline restoration. This allows the follicles to be replaced in their normal anatomical position; ie. the natural cylindrical shape of the follicle is intact and the top of the follicle is flush with the surrounding skin. 'Shock Fallout' is negligible and is avoided. 'Shock Fallout' is the loss of pre-existing hair. After the follicles have been removed, the hair is combed back over the donor site, making it undetectable.