Pattern baldness has become commonplace in the current society and some of the blame can be shifted to the increased pollution levels of the world. The constant and daily exposure to air pollution, water pollution and food contamination, is affecting our health adversely as a result of which people are losing their precious hairline at an early age. One cannot avoid pollution and adulteration in food no matter how hard he tries since he has to go out and work the hours and eat in order to survive. It looks like society has no other way than to silently accept the parting of the hairline from our heads. Or do we? Thankfully, due to the advancements in the medical field there exist a new way to restore the hairlines to their previous glory – That of hair transplant in various cities such as hair transplant in Ludhiana
What is a hair transplant?
Hair transplant is a surgical technique that grafts a patch of new hair follicles from the ‘donor’ site on the ‘bald’ (where follicles are dead permanently) regions of the head so that those bald areas can produce new hairs from the roots. Apart from treating male and female pattern baldness, this technique can also be used to regrow new hairs in chest, eyelashes, eyebrows, beard and pubic areas. This technique is also used to fill in the scars in head or chest caused by an accident or previous surgery.
How is the hair transplant done?
For transplanting hair a specialist doctor of the clinic such as one in hair transplant in Ludhiana has to be contacted, who performs this surgery in an array of steps.
- First, the scalp of the person is cleaned and an anesthetic is injected to numb the area to be transplanted.
- Either of the two techniques is used to perform the transplant –
Follicular Unit Strip Surgery (FUSS) – In which the surgeon removes several inches (not more than 10 inches in length and not more than inch wide) of foliated skin from the donor area (arms, chest, leg, pubic area) and closes the cut made by stitching it. The skin extracted will then be divided into a number of tiny units, with a maximum of two or three follicles in each unit.
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) – In this technique, the surgeon shaves the donor area and then cuts small units (of single or two/three number) of follicles directly from the skin itself. The cuts are strategically made so that the donor area doesn’t appear to be bald. No stitching is required since the cuts are very small.
- The surgeon then cuts the recipient areas to create holes or slits.
- The follicle units are then grafted into these slits and the area is left to heal by bandaging it.
FUSS or FUE? Which To Choose?
The surgeon would decide which technique to use after looking on the hair quality, type, the density and the condition of the donor area. That being said, FUE is a relatively costly technique but offers a high guarantee of success and fast hair growth.
So, if one is looking to get rid of his baldness and to feel young by flaunting his hairstyle, go-ahead several clinics such as those in hair transplant in Ludhiana are eagerly waiting for him.
