Hair Transplant

Hair Transplant: It is a surgical process that involves removal of hair follicles from any site in the body like face or legs and planting them on the hairless portion. The latest techniques are permanent and they pick up follicular clusters of hair. This process is called Follicular Hair Transplantation (FUT) which can be done in two ways, strip harvesting and follicular unit extraction (FUE). In strip harvesting, skin strips with good hair growth are planted on balding areas and in follicular unit, extraction hair clusters with their roots are manually removed and planted at the hairless site. Strip harvesting is what the surgeons are mostly adopting these days. It leaves a slim scar at the donor site and promises recovery within two weeks. Hair transplant is a noninvasive procedure and is on several occasions done on an outpatient basis. Usually, the patients are allowed to shampoo after two-three days although the scalp needs to be protected from sun and infections for a while after the surgery. The patients are generally put on antibiotics for a few days.