How Does Hair Transplantation Work and Who Should Undergo this Treatment?

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How Does Hair Transplantation Work and Who Should
Undergo this Treatment?
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• Baldness is something we dread especially when we
  are still in our 20s and 30s. Lifestyle and
  genetic factors may lead to early hair loss.
  Although medicines and supplements help to
  control or delay the process they too will fail
  after a certain point of time especially for
  those who started to care about it too late.
  Medical science doesnt let you give up and comes
  to your rescue here too hair transplant.
• To understand how hair transplant works we have
  to understand why hair loss happens
• Hair growth is caused by follicles which are
  located beneath our skin. The size of our hair
  grows as cells are added to the base of these
  follicles. Hair fall is a part of the natural
  process and they fall off from their follicles.
  However, a new hair replaces the old fallen hair
  which continues to grow again. Take an example,
  women pluck their eyebrows but they grow back
  after a certain time. It is because the follicles
  are present within and a new hair will come up in
  place of the removed hair.
• Permanent hair loss can be caused by different
  reasons such as a major trauma of the skin which
  leaves a scar tissue without any follicles. When
  there are no follicles there will be no hair
  growth. Another reason which happens to be the
  most common one is that the follicles stop
  growing hair. They are present under your skin
  but they wont grow hair. This is because a
  hormone known as Dihydrotestosterone blocks the
  work of the follicles. This condition is known as
  alopecia. Both men and women can suffer from this
  condition but it is more common in men and
  medical science offers hair transplant for both.

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• How Does Hair Transplant Work?
• When we speak about hair transplant it is not
  just the hair that is taken from the donor area
  but it is the healthy follicles that are placed
  on top of the bald spot. Male patients tend to
  have a safe zone on their heads which is the
  sides and the back from where the follicles can
  be taken, this area is known as the donor zone.
  Hair transplant is generally of two types FUE and
  FUT. Both have their own advantages and
  processes. An experienced dermatologist is the
  best person to decide which type or hair
  transplantation treatment would best suit you.
  Here is how the mentioned type of hair
  transplantations work
• FUT or Follicular Unit Transplantation is also
  referred to as the strip procedure. In this case
  strips of tissue are removed from the donor area
  which is further cut into single follicular
  units. The surgeon places these individual grafts
  in the tiny holes made on the scalp. The strip
  removed from the donor area is stitched and
  leaves a scar which takes some time to heal.
• FUE or Follicular Unit Extraction is more
  advanced than the FUE method. Here the surgeon
  extracts just one follicular unit and places on
  the bald spot. Since there are no strips
  extracted there are no scars left. In the FUE
  method, the healing time is very less.

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• Although FUE is more advanced FUT is also advised
  by many surgeons. This is because more hair can
  be harvested in this process which can help in
  covering a larger area of the bald spot.
• In both the cases, the surgeons follow a certain
  pattern while placing the hair so when the hair
  grows it blends with the remaining hair on the
  scalp naturally.
• After a few weeks of the surgery, the
  transplanted hair will shed and fall. It takes
  usually between 3-4 months to see hair re-growth
  in the transplanted areas. You can have full hair
  anywhere between 9-12 months. Women may have to
  wait longer to see complete results.