HAIR TRANSPLANTATION CLINIC
“Follicular micro-grafting technique”

Individual results may vary

Male pattern baldness (MPB) or androgenic alopecia is due to the presence in the body of a group of male sex hormones collectively referred to as androgens. Although the androgen level of bald men is no higher than that of men with the full head of hair,the fact remains that a certain minimum number of androgens must be present before male pattern baldness can occur. The average man has enough androgens circulating in his body to develop MPB.

Male pattern baldness is a genetic condition which affects millions of men in India .Whether or not a male will lose hair is determined before he is born.Male pattern baldness is not due to shampoo one uses or because of wearing a helmet or hat,or because a person brushes or rubs his hair very often.On an average a male uses 100 to 150 hairs a day,but most of this hair re-grows because the follicle remains healthy and intact .A typical adult head consists of about 1,50,000 hair follicles.

Hair transplantation is a surgery in which grafts of hair with the follicle is removed from the horseshoe shaped donor area around the black and sides of the head and a surgically placed in areas where baldness or thinning of the hair is occurring.The transplanted hairs have been taken from the area of the scalp around the back and the sides of the head where the hair is genetically programmed never to fall out.The scalp is very elastic and once the donor strip is removed,the scalp on either side is sutured together,leaving no gap. The only evidence of surgery is a thin line hidden under the hair that grows on the back of the head.The fact that the transplanted hair has been moved from one area of
the scalp to another has no affect on its genetic predisposition to grow hair.Hair transplantation has been performed for over 35 years.It is new technique however,that have enable surgeons to create more aesthetic and more natural looking results than
ever before.

Old “Plug style” techniques,where large circular punches of skin that contain
15-20 hairs each were used(still being used by some surgeons)create “Dolls hair” or “Corn-rows”,but the recent use of tiny micro and mini graphs,called follicular Micro-grafting,has dramatically improve the results of hair restoration surgery.

The hair transplantation is done under local anaesthesia and the surgery is virtually pain free. Patients are usually between the ages of 20 and 70 years. Evaluation to decide if transplantation is suitable for the patient is done by the doctor during the initial visit.
The patient need not to be admitted in the hospital and his completely alert and awake during the surgery.The procedure typically takes about 2-4 hours depending on the type
of session.After the procedure the patient walks home wearing her disposable surgical
cap as dressing.The cap is removed three days later and the patient is asked to take a shampoo bath.

The transplanted hairs are only a few millimeters in length immediately following surgery.Once transplanted,the hairs may appear to be growing,but in reality they are
thrust out.With in three to four weeks,nearly all of the newly transplanted hairs will be
shed .Anywhere from eight to sixteen weeks following the initial shedding of hairs, new
hair growth begins.One can expect to see normal hair growth from three to four months following the procedure. On occasion, hair growth may be slower due to individual variation. However eventually growth occurs at the normal rate of ¼ to ½ inch per month . At times more than one sitting may be required for satisfactory results.