Hair transplantation surgery has improved in leaps and bounds over the past decade. The days of the "plugs and corn rows" are gone and the age of single-hair grafting (micrografts) and minigrafts (a few follicles taken as a single unit) has arrived. Through the use of the these variable sized hair grafts along with new and improved instrumentation, the accomplished hair transplantation surgeons can create a natural hair appearance that is appropriate for each individual patient. Single-hair grafts have the finest and softest appearance. Although they do not provide much density, they do provide the critical soft hairline that is the transition to thicker hair.
Reconstructing a new hairline is a skill requiring surgical as well as artistic skill. Examining the hairline of a non-balding person will show the presence of numerous single hairs in the very frontal hairline. Minigrafts are small grafts containing 2-3 hairs that are placed behind the hairline to provide a gradually increasing hair density. Lastly, larger grafts may contain 4 or more hairs are then placed well behind the hairline so that the single hair and micrografts can blend naturally into the density provided by these larger grafts.
There is different terminology and techniques used by many surgeons.
New techniques naturally give rise to new terms. Although there are variations in the techniques of individual surgeons, the combination of these grafting techniques provides the most natural and pleasing results.
What are some of the Side Effects of having Hair Transplants?
The side-effects of hair transplantation surgery are relatively minor consisting of mild pain and discomfort after the operation, swelling which may move down to the eyes, and the formation of scabs over the grafts which take approximately one week to resolve. Serious problems of bleeding, scarring, and infection are very rare. Modern hair transplantation surgery is comfortable, predictable, and the results are pleasing to most patients.
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