The Hair Transplant Surgery
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Hair transplant is a surgery consisting in restoring hair in the regions which underwent balding, 
or where hair is considerably thinned out.
In hair transplant surgeries a scalp fragment is extracted from the back regions of the head, next it is cut up into small grafts containing single follicular units (FU), and afterwards FUs are implanted into bald regions.
The FUE (follicular units extraction) method has been quite popular for the last few years.
Preparing for hair replacement surgery
Our surgeon will give you full information on all necessary preparations for the operation. Remember to avoid taking aspirin for 10 days before the surgery. For esthetic reasons, it is recommended not to have hair cut. Longer hair will help you to cover the traces of surgical intervention more easily.
Head should be washed on the day of the surgery in the morning or in the evening the day before.
You may drive your car on the operation day. There are no contraindications as to driving a car next day.
The preliminary consultation
Our surgeon will estimate a general condition of your health during the preliminary consultation. He will also suggest the type of a surgical treatment on the basis of the examination of your head.
Remember to tell the surgeon what your expectations are. The surgeon will judge on the basis of the examination whether they are realistic. He will also give you full information on the applied methods of a corrective surgery.
You will also receive information on the anaesthesia and the costs of treatment.
Remember to inform the surgeon about what medications or vitamins you take, or whether you smoke or not.
Type of anaesthesia during hair transplant surgery
Hair transplant surgery is performed under local anaesthesia. While anaesthesia is applied, you may feel a little pain in the injection place and faster heartbeat. It is a result of a small quantity of adrenaline which definitely prolongs the time anesthetic works and reduces bleeding during the surgery. You will receive a sedative orally before the surgery, which will decrease the feeling of anxiety before and during the operation.
The hair transplant surgery
The method of grafts distribution, their kind and the number all depend on the size of bald regions, colour and hair features.
The surgery starts with extracting a scalp fragment from side and back regions of the head. It usually has the shape of a strip which is about 1 cm wide and a few centimetres long (depending on the number of grafts planned).
The place of the extraction is stitched with a continuous stitch. A horizontal scar is a natural result of the surgery; nevertheless it can be easily hidden in hair. Depending on the type of the head skin, the scar may be from 1 mm to 3 mm wide.
When the FUE method is applied, particular follicular units are taken individually by means of micro punches. This is why the entire back region of the head is shaved, and next anaesthetized. This method allows
extracting
about 600 grafts during one surgery.
After the surgery, invisible scattered scars remain.
The FUE method is applied in corrective surgeries of small bald areas, and linear scars especially in back regions of the head.
The method alone is more time-consuming, hence it is twice as expensive as the classical method.
If the traditional method is applied, an experienced technician cuts the extracted strip of the skin into grafts of a microscopic size containing single follicular units.
Thanks to our personnel's huge experience, we perform very complex surgeries at one time - up to 3000 grafts during one session. The size of the surgery allows to cover very extensive bald regions with grafts. Usually, surgeries range from 1500 to 2000 grafts.
The exact number of grafts is determined on the basis of the patient's medical examination.
Significant advantages of larger sessions are better usage of the donor region and shorter treatment times which improves the patient's comfort and influences the longevity of hair grafts positively.
The most time-consuming part of the surgery is placing the grafts in the recipient region. Our team has developed its own implanting technique called four-hand-stick-and-place.
At present, it is the quickest method of performing hair transplant surgeries. Thanks to this technique, the average time needed to carry out the surgery is in the case of
- 1000 grafts: 1.5 - 2 hours
- 1500 grafts: 2.5 - 3 hours
- 2000 grafts: 3 - 4 hours
- 3000 grafts: 4 - 5 hours
An incision made by the surgeon leaves a space for a graft. It will be located either under the gland or under the chest muscle. The space will be next filled with a graft.
After the hair replacement surgery
The patient receives a dressing directly after the surgery and stays in the clinic for 24 hours. In the case of minor surgeries, the patient may return home two hours after the hair transplnatation surgery.
In the evening you may notice a moderate headache, however, an orally taken painkiller is enough to alleviate the pain.
Next morning, the dressing is removed, and the patient receives detailed post-operative recommendations and leaves the clinic without the dressing.
There are no contraindications to drive a car on the same day or to make a journey by plane.
A few days after the surgery, a swelling of the forehead and eyelids may occur. A cold compress, and in justified cases small doses of steroid medications allow to alleviate these side effects.
After 10 days the stitches can be removed from the back region of the head. This can be done either in the clinic or by your family doctor.
Recovering after a hair transplant
It may take from a few to a dozen days to recover.
Depending on the type of the job performed, you can return to work after one or two weeks.
Our surgeon will inform you when you will be able to start physical exercises.
One week after the surgery, little eschars covering grafts will start falling out. Then, it is recommended to massage the regions applying children's olive cosmetic which will considerably speed up this process, and reduce the feeling of itchiness of the head skin at the same time. Our surgeon will discuss with you the rules of caring about the operated regions.
Transplanted hairs fall out within two weeks after the surgery. It is caused by the post-operating shock which makes the follicles go into the phase called telogen.
New hair begins to grow after three months. The speed of growth amounts to 1 cm a month so that you will be able to see the first effects after 5-6 months.
When hair transplant surgery is performed in the region of thinned out hair, part of the growing hair may also fall out. In order to limit this reaction, it is recommended to apply Regainy 2-5% (Loxon) and Propecia alternatively before the surgery. It is also advisable to carry out such a treatment after the operation.
The post-operative scar will be firm and pink initially. Within the next few months the scar will soften and become pale. Even though a scar always remains after the surgery, its location makes it almost invisible.
It is necessary to remember that the treatment consists of two or even three surgeries. If the entire bald region is covered at the first surgery, during the second one a much better density of hair is obtained. During the preliminary consultation our surgeon will inform you about the number of surgeries planned.
Your new appearance after the hair transplant
The effect of hair transplant surgery gives a substantial satisfaction for the majority of patients. Many of them emphasize a considerable improvement in mood and relations with other people.
Costs of the hair transplant
One graft costs approximately 2,50 EUR
For the second treatment
there is a discount of 5% and for the third treatment a discount of 10% available.
FUE-Method
One graft costs approximately 6,- EUR
For the second treatment there is a discount of 5% and for the third treatment a discount of 10% available.
Stay at the clinc (if desired): 50 €/day,
double bedroom, full board
(the first night at the clinic is free)
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