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Before the procedure, local anesthesia will be injected. It will only have a stinging sensation for a moment when the anesthetic is applied, and then it will become painless.
After the FUE surgery, patients may feel a small amount of pain. The hair transplant center will prepare postoperative oral medication to control the pain when necessary.
This is one of the newest treatments for hair loss. This is to apply non-toxic pigments in the form of dots between the existing hair in the scalp to give the hair a higher density, or add dots to the completely bald scalp to make the bald head look like a short haircut. In addition to treating hair loss, Scalp Micro-pigmentation can also be used to reconstruct eyebrows.
Depending on the number of hair transplanted, it usually takes about 2 to 8 hours. There is no hospitalization needed after the operation, and you can work normally on the next day (depending on the nature of the work).
However, patients should pay attention to avoid exposure to strong sunlight in the short term, and exercise should be carried out only after 2 weeks.
Two weeks to one month after the operation, 30-70% of the transplanted hair begins to fall off, but the hair follicles will not fall off. Three to six months after the hair transplant surgery, new hair begins to grow, and the final outcome of the hair transplant can only be seen in one to one and a half years.
Generally speaking, the interval between the first surgery and the second surgery is six to ten months, and you need to wait for the scalp condition to recover.
The location of hair transplantation may be affected by the patient's age, family history of hair loss, time of hair loss, etc. Therefore, the doctor should analyze the patient's current and possible future hair loss changes to let the patient understand the aesthetics of the hair transplantation site. Not all patients with hair loss are suitable for implanting only a little bit on both sides.
Almost every patient with a sparse forehead wants to have a lower hairline. However, each of us has a certain proportion of facial beauty, which will also change with age. The lower is not always the better. The doctor will communicate with you to conclude an hairline of an appropriate level which varies in different individuals.
Hair transplant can be used to treat hair loss on the forehead and top of the head. It can also be used to transplant eyebrows, beards, sideburns, eyelashes, and breast hair. In addition, hair transplantation on burns and traumatic scars can achieve good results.
Each person has approximately 80,000 to 125,000 hairs. The safe posterior occipital donor area occupies about a quarter of the scalp. Taking the maximum half of the safe area that can be used, it is about 10,000 hairs. Therefore, if 3,000 hairs are transplanted each time, only 3 times are possible. Of course, it is possible to do the fourth or the fifth hair transplants after 3 surgeries, but the number of hair transplanted each time needs to be carefully considered.
The cause of male baldness is related to the active form of male hormones, a metabolite of testosterone, DHT. We transplant healthy hair follicles to the hairline. These healthy hairs can resist the attack of DHT, but the existing hairs will continue to be affected by DHT. Taking finasteride can control the concentration of male hormone DHT, so as to slow down hair loss and allow healthy hair follicles to grow safely. Topical use of Minoxidil can also serve to increase the nutrient supply and tissue circulation of hair follicles so as to enhance healthy hair growth.