Affordable
Hair Transplant Surgery
1 Session = 1,200 euro
Hair Transplant
Information
Introduction
Male baldness is a complex aesthetic
problem, which can creat insecurity on those with
hair loss. Hair loss is caused by many factors:
aging, genetic causes, hormonal alterations. It
can also appear in cases of burns or local
trauma.
The surgical techniques for solving
male baldness have been used for more than 30
years, and are being constantly improved.
How can patients benefit
from hair replacement?
There are many techniques for solving male
baldness but all of them use one's own hair. The
surgeon must find the best way to use it. Not all
types of baldness can be solved with hair
transplant and this is why it is essential to
have an exact diagnosis based on clinical and
laboratory exams. The surgery is not recommended
to patients with lupus sebaceous, plane lichen,
folliculitis or sclerodermia. Special attention
must also be paid to one's tendency to form
keloid scars or to blood diseases.
The candidates for hair transplant
must have a healthy donator area at the back and
in lateral areas.
Surgery's risks
There is no surgery without risk. Usually hair
transplant surgery is a safe procedure if it done
by a qualified surgeon. Yet, the reaction of each
patient is unique so the result can not be
predicted entirely as complications, infections,
excessive bleeding, scar widening may set in.
There is also a risk that the newly implanted
hair graft will not survive. When hair loss
advances after the surgery, an unnatural patchy
look may appear, especially if the transplanted
hair is near areas that continue to space out.
Before surgery instructions
do not eat and
drink anything after midnight before the
surgery;
it is forbidden to
take aspirin and other drugs that contain
aspirin for 2 weeks before the surgery;
you must tell the
doctor or the anesthesiologist if you
have medical problems (hypertension,
vascular problems, heart failure,
diabetes, lung problems, bleeding
problems, epilepsy, neurological
problems, allergies to certain drugs);
you must tell the
doctor if you wear dental prosthesis or
contact lenses;
if you smoke, plan
to stop smoking for 2 weeks before the
surgery and do not start smoking until at
least 2 weeks have passed from the
surgery;
avoid extra
exposure to sun before the surgery;
do not keep a
strict diet before the surgery because it
can delay the healing;
if you catch a cold
or you have an infection of any kind, the
surgery must be postponed;
The surgery
There are many hair transplant
methods and usually a combination technique is
used.
Hair transplant is done under
intravenous sedation combined with local
anesthesia. During surgery you will be awake but
relaxed. General anesthesia may be used when
tissue expansion or rotating flaps are used.
The hair transplant surgery involves
the harvest of hair grafts with roots from the
donor region, usually occipital or temporal. Then
they are dissected under a microscope and
implanted in the receptor region. Depending on
their size there are more types of grafts: micro
grafts (1-2 hairs), mini grafts (2-4 hairs) and
big circular or longitudinal grafts (10-40
hairs). The last ones usually have an unnatural
look and this is why they are not used any more.
During one operation session the number of micro
and mini grafts that can be transplanted ranges
from 700 to 1000. To maintain a normal blood flow
in the scalp region, the grafts must not be to
close to each other. The spaces between them are
filled in another surgery.
Tissue expansion usually used in
reconstructive surgery has also found its use in
baldness treatment. It achieves significant
coverage in a short period of time. The procedure
consists in the insertion of a tissue expander
under the hairy skin. The skin surface is
stretched with the gradual flow of the expander.
Recovery
Post surgery hospitalization
Hospitalization lasts about 24 hours. After the
first day the garments are removed, the hair is
gently washed and the bandages are removed.
Post surgery care
After you leave the clinic, the stitches are
removed 10 days after the surgery; this can also
be done by your family doctor. For 2 weeks you
must avoid contact sports and intense physical
exercise because they increase blood flow to the
scalp and may cause bleeding.
You should know that transplanted
hair grafts fall out after 6 weeks but the root
stays in place. Do not worry, this is normal as
the newly implanted hair goes through the normal
hair growth cycle. In 2 to 6 months after the
surgery, the newly implanted hair grafts will
start to grow. Sometimes, one and two or more
procedures are needed to provide density.
Conclusion
We have a lot of experience in the treatment of
baldness after traumatisms or burns
(approximately 1000 cases, especially children).
As for hair loss, we have more than 300 cases
solved with hair transplants.
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