Folicullar Unit Extraction has hair units extracted from a specific area behind the ear relocating it to the front of the scalp where balding becomes more apparent in time. Though this procedure is quite easy and mostly complication free, it may produce scarring in the donor area and the recipient area which may or may not have any effect on successive treatments should they be deemed necessary. The scars will result due to the fact that the acquisition of the hair units involves taking plugs which contain the healthy hair units leaving a small hole or void which tends to heal in a few weeks. This period of relaxation is the critical time when the new hair and the donor area must be left to heal and recuperate avoiding harsh chemicals contained in shampoos and other hair care products as much as possible to prevent complications. Irritation due to the small wounds can result in failure or a high mortality rate of the transplanted hair units so listen and follow the physicians instructions on how to care for your new hair to prevent problems in the future.
Filed under: General, Hair Care, Hair Treatments on August 10th, 2010 | No Comments »
As a woman if your hair isn’t full, flowing, silky and beautiful then chances are you may feel less than pretty. However, if you are finding your hair thinning as a woman it can be totally devastating to your self esteem. If this is you and you are considering a female hair transplant here are some things you will want to consider.
There are pros and cons to a female hair transplant that we will go over here so that you will better understand your options for this traumatizing condition you are experiencing.
Here are some factors regarding hair transplants you need to be aware of;
Well first off a female hair transplant is an expensive option usually ranging from $3,000 – $25,000. Also they come with no solid guarantees. Poor Results – many who have undergone a hair transplant are dissatisfied with the results. You want your hair to look natural but sometimes with this procedure you do not get that effect afterward. Some have complained of clumping in areas, patchiness, too much hair in some areas and not enough in others. Not just a one time treatment – many times you will have to have the procedure repeated in order to fill in all the thinning areas or bald spots and this can be quite traumatic as well. There is a lot of pain involved with this procedure and the healing process. The one pro of this option I guess is that you can see the results pretty much immediately.
So just the thought of those things associated with a female hair transplant above makes me want to explore other options…doesn’t it do the same for you? I thought so.
Your other options are the many hair regrowth products available today with ease. But how do you know which one to chose? Let me help you. Research is showing that a combination of a topical remedy as well as natural supplementation is proving very effective in helping you to regrow your hair.
In most cases of female hair loss the cause is either stress related, hormonal imbalances, certain medications, menopause, stopping the contraceptive pill and others.
Just so you know, if you are losing your hair due to medical treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation then do not waste your money on hair regrowth products at this time. Usually when your treatment has ended your hair will regrow naturally without need for any hair restoration product.
There is no need for you to go to such an extreme as a female hair transplant and suffer the pain and expense of something that may not even give you the results you’re hoping for. Look below for the best hair loss product to help you regrow your hair and regain your self esteem.
Filed under: Health And Fitness on July 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
Hair Restoration surgery has evolved tremendously over the past several years. In the hands of a qualified hair transplant surgeon, Follicular Unit Grafting (FUG) can provide natural, often undetectable results. Moreover, many physicians have adopted techniques that expand the donor area so that more hair follicles can be redistributed in a single surgical session. It should be noted, however, that performing hair transplants on young patients can be risky. While surgical results have improved enormously with new technologies, patients should remember that hair transplantation addresses a progressive disease. To date, there is no hair loss cure, only effective hair loss treatments.
Hair loss in young patients is a sensitive topic. A patient who starts doing hair transplants at young age may discover that his eventual hair loss progression surpasses his available donor hair supply. And, unfortunately, it is not easy to predict future hair loss for young patients. Hair loss suffers who get surgery too early in life often regret this choice as their natural hair continues to thin. In fact, some transplant patients wish they had not done surgery at all. Generally speaking, the younger the patient is at the onset of hair loss, the more hair they are likely to lose. Individuals with aggressive hair loss in their early twenties need to be educated about the long term ramifications of surgery, even with state-of-the-art procedures. Young men with less aggressive loss may be good candidates for restoration, but they too must be careful and the mindful of the potential for future balding.
Hair loss suffers should try addressing their condition with medical treatments before considering hair restoration surgery. Medications like as Propecia and Rogain can significantly slow down the progression of hair loss. These therapies can often halt the balding process long enough for patients to find the ideal solutions, surgical or otherwise.
Filed under: Health And Fitness on July 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
Hair is made up of the same material your fingernails are made up of, collagen. It can be considered as a form of organic plastic for it comes from living tissue that is produced by the hair follicle. As the fetus develops inside the womb, an average of about 5 million hairs develop all over the body. The ones on your head are called terminal hair and are the ones that become very much prominent through the later phases of life. As adolescence sets in, hormones trigger the growth of hair on the armpits, around the genitals and the chest. As we get older, the follicles or hair factories begin to loose their ability to replace hair which falls out regularly which can be at the rate of a couple of hundred daily. The older we get they begin to loose pigmentation and grow slower till they stop by the time you reach 50 with others going through this phase earlier. Some people suffer from a condition that discolors the hairs thought the particular individual is still young. The hair color changes to ashen giving him/her the appearance of older age. Other conditions do come up and can be found through the internet like the one from Seager Hair Transplant Center and many others.
Filed under: Hair Treatments, Trends on July 10th, 2010 | No Comments »
Hair transplant surgery is the final step for cases of extreme hair loss. It can be an awkward and sometimes embarrassing procedure for many people. A major fear is finding the right doctor to perform the surgery. There are several tips you can follow to help you choose the right doctor.
Check the doctor’s credentials. They will often be certified by one or more of the following organizations:
AACS: The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
ABHRS: American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery
AHLC: American Hair Loss Council
ISHRS: International Society for Hair Restoration Surgeons
If a doctor is willing to give a price quote over the phone, they may not be reputable. Each person is affected differently from hair loss, and has different hair loss needs. Consultations should be one-on-one and in person. All fees should include follow up visits. Ask exactly what is included in the fee.
Ask the doctor to see before and after pictures of procedures he/ she has completed. If the doctor only shows you a brochure that is not personalized to their office, it may indicate they are not willing to show the work they have performed.
Most reputable doctors will explain all risks involved. If they try to avoid this issue, they may be trying to sell you the procedure without properly educating you. Likewise, they should inform you of what your personal time frame for results as well as expected hair density will be.
Most physicians will not give out patient information, which means you may not be able to ask for references. Perform a search on the internet for any doctors you are considering, and try to get referrals from any other people you know who have had the procedure completed.
It is important that you never rush to select a hair transplant doctor. Take your time and make sure you ask any questions you have. Once you feel comfortable with a doctor, you know the procedure will be right for you, and your hair loss will become a thing of the past.
Filed under: Health And Fitness on July 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
After hair transplant care is an important subject that patients who undergo a hair transplant procedure need to know and follow religiously.
All patients who had a hair transplant surgery using a strip technique usually leave our hair transplant center with a bandage around their head. The bandage is used only to support the newly closed donor wound on the back of scalp. Patients are given prescription for pain and anti-inflammatory medications for first few days after surgery. The first night after hair transplant surgery, patient needs to be cautious not to rub or scratch the transplanted area. It is recommend that all patients take it easy for the first days and avoid heavy physical exercises.
Those patients need to come back for physician evaluation and hair wash the day after surgery. During this first visit, the bandage is removed and donor wound and the transplanted hair is assessed. The donor and recipient areas need to be washed very carefully while teaching the patient how to wash it at home during day two to four after hair transplantation. Hair wash after hair transplant surgery needs to be done twice a day with a special method to minimize the probability of dislodging the grafts. Patients ask if they can skip washing hair within the first few days to avoid damaging the grafts. The answer is “No”. Hair wash is a key step in hair transplant care that guaranties the normal growth of the transplanted hair follicular grafts.
We have a few restrictions in patient’s activities after hair transplants. Some clinics recommend very strict rules for physical activities. It is preferred that patient keeps his normal daily activities with some minor limitations. The activities that add to the tension of the wound edges at donor area should be avoided for the first four weeks after surgery. Those activities are: extreme bending of neck and heavy weight lifting.
Hair Transplant patients need to go back to hair transplant clinic at day ten after hair transplant surgery to remove the staples (for patients who had strip surgery and donor is closed with metal staples) and to reevaluate the donor and recipient area. For the patients who have their donor closed with absorbable sutures, it is recommended to be seen in ten days to assess the healthiness of recipient and donor area, which includes patient’s who had FUE, eyebrow hair transplant, hair transplant repair or body hair transplants. All follow up visits are included in the initial cost of hair transplant surgery and patients won’t be charged for any follow up visits.
Hair restoration surgery patient should avoid direct sun exposure to the recipient area for about six months after follicular unit transplant surgery. Extreme and direct sun exposure may harm the growing grafts. Sun contact may also cause skin changing the skin color.
The final follow up appointment for their after hair transplant care is between months ten to eleven after their hair transplant surgery, when transplanted hair grows to its final thickness and length. At last session Dr. Parsa Mohebi evaluates the transplanted hair grafts and assesses the finial size and condition of donor scar. This visit is a good time for patients who want to consider a repeat surgery to increase the density of hair or cover the areas that has not been completely covered with first hair transplant surgery due to the limited scalp laxity or extended balding area. All patients who are planning for a repeat surgery do not have to wait that long and a repeat surgery could be done any time after month 5 after the initial hair transplant procedure.
Patients of hair restoration should be seen as needed in addition to the above mentioned visits for a variety of different reasons and a great patient-physician relationship is an important part of the success of the hair restoration procedures at US Hair Restoration Clinics.
Filed under: Health And Fitness on June 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
All sciences have been trying to find the only foreseeable solution to organ failure all around the world through cloning. The same is the case with Hair Transplant technology where hair scientists have been trying to replicate hair from a single follicle to develop a process where several can be grown from just one donor hair. Several have been running in the race with some promising results coming from the International Hair Transplant Institute where they have been experimenting with dissecting hair follicles on the horizontal plane with some results. They are continuing to do research in the field and some success has been seen in tests on animals but not much luck on human hair. In the future we can see results from this research which may someday replace the current invasive techniques that are being used.
Filed under: Information on June 5th, 2010 | No Comments »
Many people experience the natural fallout of hair but some do loose them prematurely. Now who do you approach for suggestions and recommendations if you�re embarrassed by the fact you are loosing your hair? You can try to find a local hair loss specialists through the IAHRS or the American Hair Loss Association for more information and a comprehensive listing of the specialists who might be able to help you. You can also check out the Hair Transplant Network so you can be assured that the people you talk to do understand your predicament and the way you feel.
Filed under: Information on May 21st, 2010 | No Comments »
The process of making an identical individual using genetics is called cloning. This procedure can also be adopted for hair transplant cloning method. Cloning is one of the technique and development in the field of genetic engineering. Like the ordinary cloning method that is adopted to produce identical organism, hair can also be cloned genetically. This cloned hair is used in the hair transplant using cloning method. This method id found by doctors Amanda Reynolds and Colin Jahoda.
Hair multiplication is different from that of hair cloning. In hair multiplication the idea is that when a hair is plucked from its position the germinative cells at the base of the hair follicles are able to reproduce when it is implanted in other place. Since the follicle re grow infinitely and potentially this procedure is called as hair multiplication. It gives unlimited production of hair.
In hair transplant using cloning process the hair follicles are in a tough situation. The hair follicles are too complex to be cultured. That is making the hair follicles to grow in a test tube is very complex since the follicles are not a whole living being. Because of this reason the hair follicles cannot be cloned easily.
This complex procedure has made to know that the dermal sheath cells, in the lower region of the hair follicle, can be removed from one patient and then it can be injected into the skin of another person in order to improve the formation of new hair along with the existing one. The newly planted cells are capable to stimulate the full hair follicles.
This procedure can not be considered as cloning when we look at the principle of cloning. But the dermal sheath cells can be multiplied in number and then injected to produce a head full of hair. Another use of the cloning is that the donor cells can be taken from a male and injected to a female and donor cell taken from a female can be injected in to a female.
This shows that the donor cells can be applied from one person to another irrespective of the sex without being rejected. Since even the opposite sex donor is suitable for hair cloning one can have a conclusion that the dermal sheath cells has a immune status and it is one of the bodies immune sites.
Another feature of hair cloning is that the hair cloned looks similar like the own hair of the bald person rather than the color of hair of the donating person. This proves that the recipient skin can change the color of the hair.
Thus, the hair obtained from the hair transplant cloning procedure may look like the original hair of the recipient. This process of cell transfer is important for persons with total absence of hair. The most needed view in this process is that these dermal cells are fibroblasts. This is the easiest cells to culture in cloning, so that the donor region can serve as an unlimited supply of hair to the recipient.
Filed under: Health And Fitness on May 8th, 2010 | No Comments »
If you are planning to have hair transplants, then you should be aware that you would be undergoing a surgical procedure. As with any transplant, you will be anaesthetised in order to successfully relocate some of the hair on your head with a view to reducing baldness. Also in keeping with the fact that it is a surgical procedure, you cannot just have hair transplants on a whim. Your decision should be carefully considered and thought out before you undergo any hair transplant pre-op preparation. If you already know all of the above then it is obvious that you have put a lot of thought into your decision and you are ready to move onto the next level, so read on for information on the hair transplant pre-op preparation.
The first step in hair transplant pre-op preparation is an initial consultation with a doctor specialising in hair transplants. Do some research on the various clinics that advertise their expertise before deciding which one you would trust enough to carry out the procedure on you. This will not only give you peace of mind that they do know what they’re doing, it will also encourage you to tailor their specific treatments to what you feel most comfortable with. Anything you can do to take the stress out of the situation is worth it. Only then should you book an initial consultation.
An initial consultation is an extremely important element in your hair transplant pre-op preparation. It gives a consultant chance to assess you hair loss, determine what form the transplants must take and provide you with a quote and expected date to go ahead with the procedure. Believe it or not, these consultations are not as daunting as one would think. Consultants are experts at putting people at ease, especially if they carry out delicate procedures like hair transplants. They realise just how much confidence can be lost and restored as a result of the procedure, and so the hair transplant pre-op preparation is largely designed to ensure that you are making the right decision and put you at your ease as much as possible.
There is some hair transplant pre-op preparation required the week before you actually have the procedure done. As with any surgical procedure, you are advised to avoid alcohol and medications of any kind for seven days beforehand to ensure that the chance of intraoperative bleeding are reduced, thus optimising conditions for the grafts to take. Obviously if you have to take certain medications on a regular basis it is best to tell the consultant as early as possible so he or she is aware of any potential complications. You may even be asked to take antibiotics before hand to prevent infections during the procedure.
Hair transplant pre-op preparation is designed to take the worry out of the procedure for you, but it is also designed to make sure that it has the best possible chance of succeeding. You are entitled to the help set out above, but make sure that you take full advantage of it. It will put you at your ease and reassure you, which is something that no amount of money can buy.
Filed under: Health And Fitness on May 1st, 2010 | No Comments »
Folicullar Unit Extraction has hair units extracted from a specific area behind the ear relocating it to the front of the scalp where balding becomes more apparent in time. Though this procedure is quite easy and mostly complication free, it may produce scarring in the donor area and the recipient area which may or may not have any effect on successive treatments should they be deemed necessary. The scars will result due to the fact that the acquisition of the hair units involves taking plugs which contain the healthy hair units leaving a small hole or void which tends to heal in a few weeks. This period of relaxation is the critical time when the new hair and the donor area must be left to heal and recuperate avoiding harsh chemicals contained in shampoos and other hair care products as much as possible to prevent complications. Irritation due to the small wounds can result in failure or a high mortality rate of the transplanted hair units so listen and follow the physicians instructions on how to care for your new hair to prevent problems in the future. 
