Hair Transplants Melbourne FL - How is Hair Transplant Done?

The new approach to hair transplantation is to apply the highest standards of plastic surgery and an artistic approach to the procedure, with results that are exciting. The new approach to hair transplantation is to apply the highest standards of plastic surgery and an artistic approach to the procedure, with results that are exciting. Hair transplantation has undergone great changes in the past few years. The use of coarse 3-5 mm. diameter plugs has been replaced by the use of natural occurring follicular units (small natural groups of 1-4 hairs), for a much more natural appearance. With these advanced changes, our highly trained surgeons have adopted hair transplantation surgery for their patients. Naturally occurring follicular units Hair transplantation is a surgical technique that involves moving individual hair follicles from one part of the body (the donor site) to bald or balding parts (the recipient site). It is primarily used to treat male pattern baldness. It this case, grafts containing hair follicles that are genetically resistant to balding are transplanted to bald scalp. Likewise, it is also used to restore eyelashes, eyebrows, beard hair, chest hair, and pubic hair and to fill in scars caused by accidents or surgery such as face-lifts and previous hair transplants. Hair transplantation differs from skin grafting in that grafts contain almost all of the epidermis and dermis surrounding the hair follicle, and many tiny grafts are transplanted rather than a single strip of skin.

Since hair naturally grows in follicles that contain groupings of 1 to 4 hairs, todays most advanced techniques transplant these naturally occurring 14 hairs follicular units in their natural groupings. Thus modern hair transplantation can achieve a natural appearance by mimicking nature hair for hair. This hair transplant procedure is called Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT). Donor hair can be harvested in two very different ways: 1. Strip Harvesting a strip of scalp is removed under local anesthesia, the wound is then sutured back together and this piece of scalp tissue is then cut in to small pieces of tissue called grafts which are then transplanted back in to the thinning area of the patients head. This method will leave a linear scar in the donor area, which should be covered by a patients hair (if long). The recovery period is around 2 weeks and will require the stitches to be removed by medical personnel. 2. Follicular Unit Extraction or FUE Harvesting individual follicles of hair are removed under local anesthesia; this micro removal uses tiny punches of between 0.6mm and 1.25mm in diameter. Each follicle is then reinserted back in to the scalp in the thinning area using a micro blade. Because individual follicles are removed, only small, punctate scars remain and any post-surgical pain is minimized. As no suture removal is required, recovery from FUE is within 7 days. For best hair transplantation surgery, contact Dr. Clifford Gelman Practice Location: Gelman Hair Restoration 1140 Broadband Dr. Melbourne, FL 32901

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