Hair Transplantation Surgery

Thursday June 15, 2006 ins: Male Cosmetic Surgery Tag(s):

Old age brings a lot of undesirable effects to the human body. Aside from the dreaded wrinkles and jowls, hair loss comes in as one of the most visible and most embarrassing of these effects, especially for the men. When guys reach 40 and up, these manifestations would start to appear and would probably cause certain predicaments like low self-esteem, stress, and others. Seeing one’s head getting hairless day after day is not a simple load to carry for some, at the least.

Surely, lots of things can be done about it. Hair loss sufferers may wear wigs to hide the affected area. They can also use shampoos, creams, and other topical solutions to combat hair loss. The only concern is; will these things give a long-lasting result? And it is through this concern that hair loss sufferers turn to hair transplantation surgery.

Hair transplantation surgery has come of age already and has already evolved into a very reliable procedure. Back in the 1970’s when hair restoration was first introduced, it was not that good creating a solution that would stand up to environmental factors like rain or wind. Besides that, the outcome did not look very good. It looked like it was really artificial.

At present, when modern science is at its peak, hair transplantation surgery has been transformed into a cutting-edge procedure. Sufferers can now look forward to getting a full head of hair back, and can fully rely that it would last much longer than ever. One of the great things that happened to hair transplantation surgery is the procedure called Follicular Micro Grafting.

Unlike the old-fashioned hair restoration procedures employed before, Follicular Micro Grafting uses small amount of follicles in the transplant. Using large amount of follicles may create a very artificial look to the scalp. The follicles tend to stand out; so employing large amounts of them may lead to many hairs growing in the wrong direction.

Furthermore, the technology of the past didn’t have the mechanism to fully utilize the donor tissues, leading to a lack of follicles for future hair transplants.

Today, hair loss sufferers are fortunate to have these groundbreaking hair restoration methods available. The only thing to be sure of now, is to choose the right hair restoration surgeon to perform the procedure. Many hair transplantation surgeries have already been performed, and many lives have already been changed. Hair transplantation surgery is more than able to bring back what old age (and perhaps other factors like diseases) has taken away: a full head of hair, that is.

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