HAIR TRANSPLANT PATIENT
Many people, before undergoing the treatment, often
question the life of a hair transplant patient. Baldness is the
most common inherited trait which affects most people in this world. Many
people are suffering from baldness. This is a sex-limited inherited disease
that runs in families. A male person, who has received only a single gene from
either of his parents, will be bald. If the female receives a single gene, she
will not suffer. She will only exhibit this case if she receives both genes
from her parents. These cases are usually rare and the treatment is available
as a hair transplant. Although, baldness does not matter and some people look
more decent looking with the shaved scalp. A few people did not bother about
having a shaved scalp. But many people care a lot and want to restore their
natural look. These people often look for hair restoration treatments. Modern
technology facilitates the man in this field too and there are most advanced
techniques available which fascinate the man in various ways. Hair
transplant clinic Lahore has all
modern facilities and techniques to treat baldness.
The physician, before undergoing the procedure,
examines the Hair Transplant Patient. First, they observe the
patient’s scalp to consider the patient medically fit for the procedure. In
this observation, he focuses on the donor site of the patient and ensures that
he has enough sites for donation. This is usually the backside of the scalp.
However, in males, the donor site may be beard or chest hair. While in females,
the only backside is the donor area. Then the surgeon examines scalp laxity. If
the person’s scalp laxity is loose, he is considered an ideal candidate for the
treatment. However, the person with a tight scalp is not suitable to undergo
the treatment because of other problems. The surgical staff takes snaps of the
scalp using a high pixel camera. Then the physician marks the donor and
recipient area first on the pictures and then on the scalp just before
undergoing the surgery. The medical specialist applies local anaesthesia to the
scalp. Generalized anaesthesia was used in the past times which overall
desensitizes the body. Now in modern days, local anaesthesia is
sufficient and numbs the only focused area. The next procedure depends on the
type of procedure to be followed.
Hair transplant patients must
take precautionary measures before and after the transplant to avoid the
complications of surgery. The patient should avoid alcohol and smoking. As
alcohol can cause bleeding complications after the surgery and smoking can
cause the blockage of blood supply to the newly grafted follicles. Therefore,
alcohol should be avoided a few weeks before treatment and smoking should be
avoided a week before the surgery. Similarly, the person must not take the
blood thinner drugs a month before the procedure. However, after the surgery,
the patient should not take heavy exercise a few days after immediate
treatment. He may take light exercise. Direct sunlight exposure to the operated
site must be avoided, and the operated site should only be cleansed with the
recommended shampoo. The rubbing or touching of the operated site in the
beginning days must be avoided as the bleeding can start.
Hair restoration techniques overview
for hair transplant patients so
that one should know in detail. These include Follicular Unit
Transplant (FUT), Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE), Hybrid, Robotic and Laser.
In FUT, the surgeon cuts the strip from the donor site, seals the operated site
with stitches and places this strip to the recipient area. In FUE, the
follicles are extracted and separated manually. Then using microneedles, these
separated pieces are placed in these tiny holes. In hybrid type, the FUT and
FUE is simultaneously performed in a single session of surgery. The strip is
cut and follicles are extracted. Then, using the FUE technique, these separated
follicles are grafted. In the Robotic category, the Robots perform the
procedure. The ARTAS robots analyze the donor and recipient site, take
follicles, separate them and grafts at the recipient site. In Laser treatment,
the monochromatic laser beam is used to make holes in the bald area. The laser
volatiles the cells and makes tiny holes instead of microneedles. The surgeon
then places the separated pieces of follicles in these holes. In the Neograft
type, the wand is used to extract the follicles using the vacuum creation
technique. The follicles are extracted and grafted into the vacuumed
environment. This saves the follicles from damage and ensures their safe
transplantation. Also, the chances of nerve damage in neo graft are minimal.