Candidates
for hair replacement are usually men and women plagued with genetic hair loss.
Hair replacement is also recommended for those who have lost some (but not all)
of their hair as a result of burns or scalp injuries. The following are common
cosmetic procedures for hair loss.
Hair transplant
Also called
hair grafting, hair transplant is an outpatient surgical hair replacement procedure
performed by a licensed dermatological surgeon. In hair grafting, the surgeon
removes a portion of hairs and follicles from a specific spot at back of the
head, which is called a “donor” site, and transplants them into the balding
area of the head, which is called the “recipient” site. The surgeon does this
by cutting the “graft”, or the removed hair follicle into tiny segments. Each
graft is then transplanted into the waiting recipient sites. The donor sites
are closed with stitches. But don’t worry, because the stitches won’t be
visible as they’ll be gradually covered up by your surrounding hair. After
grafting and stitching, the scalp will be cleaned thoroughly and covered with
gauze or a bandage. You’ll need to come back to your surgeon to have your
stitches removed after ten days. As the hairs from the grafts continue to grow,
they produce a natural, thickening look to your head. Before the procedure
begins, the surgeon will inject local anaesthesia into your scalp. Sedation is
available should you need it to relax and be more comfortable.
Depending
on the severity of your hair loss, you may require several sessions of grafting
to reach the kind of fullness you want to achieve for your hair. Each session
includes 50 or more hair-growing grafts being transplanted. After each session,
the healing process usually takes 2-4 months. You may encounter side effects
after the transplant procedure, but these usually go away after 1-3 weeks.
Common side effects include swelling, bruising around the eyes, itching on the
donor sites, “crusting” on the donor and recipient sites, and a numb feeling
around the donor and recipient sites.
Be warned a
hair transplant is an expensive surgical procedure. Each session will cost you
more than a thousand pounds, and the expenses would continue to rise if you
come back for multiple sessions.
Contact us
at Aspiration Hair to know more about our hair
transplants London services.
Scalp reduction
If a hair
transplant requires removing hair-growing segments from your scalp and
transferring them to the bald areas of your head, scalp reduction on the other
hand, requires surgically removing the non-hair growing skin from your scalp so
that the surrounding hair-growing segments can be stretched to fill the bald
areas of your head. This procedure is done by a licensed dermatological
surgeon. It is more apt for covering bald spots on back and top of the head.
And not usually recommended for bald or thinning frontal hairline.
The
dermatological begins by injecting local anaesthetic into your scalp. A portion
of skin from your bald area is cut and removed. The surrounding skin is
loosened and stretched gently so that the sections of hair-growing scalp can
come together and then closed with stitches. Scalp reduction may be performed with
hair transplant.
After the
procedure, you may feel slight headaches which can be treated with pain
relievers that are non-aspirin-based. Mild scalp tightness can also occur and
last a few months.
Genetics is
the main cause of hair loss in both men and women. Heredity accounts for 95% of
hair loss cases all over the country. While you can’t stop genetics, there are
certainly a number of options available for hair
replacement London. If budget isn’t a big issue for you, the most effective
option you can explore is a cosmetic procedure for hair loss
treatments London.
