subject: Follicular Hair Transplantation: How It Works [print this page] Follicular hair transplantation is the very latest state of the art technique for restoring lost hair, and has become the gold standard in hair treatments when it comes to success rates, reliability, denser hair growth, and natural-looking results.
The idea behind follicular hair transplantation is simple, but what many people dont know is that hair grows in small clusters of up to 4 or 5 hairs from one single skin pore, rather than growing individually and close together.
Therefore, this technique involves removing entire follicular units from healthy areas of hair growth around the body and transplanting them to areas where new hair is required. A highly skilled surgeon uses precise surgical tools and the latest microscope technology to remove a number of follicular units at once using a procedure called a single strip harvest before individually taking each unit and grafting it back onto the skin in a natural looking pattern. Alternatively, the surgeon might use a follicular hair extraction technique to remove follicular units directly and individually which is faster and less invasive.
Either method of transplanting follicular hair units results in little or no trauma to the skin and also prevents pitting, indentation, and scarring. The patient is generally able to leave the surgery the same day without bandages. New hair can be carefully washed after three days, and full recovery generally happens after around a week.
While the risks and disadvantages of follicular hair transplantation are minimal, it does require a lot of time and a team of skilled people to carry out. However the technique is advancing quickly, and the results increasingly resemble naturally grown hair and are virtually undetectable to the casual observer.
There are a number of techniques available to help diminish hair loss, it is therefore advised to seek advice from your GP or local hair loss clinic. For more info visit: http://www.thehospitalgroup.org/follicular-hair-transplantation.php
