Surgical Hair Loss Treatments
Surgical Options for Hair Restoration
When your hair first started to look a little thin you probably thought you’d never be one of those people that would consider surgical options to treat your hair loss. But, things change after you’ve been through several non-surgical options and you haven’t gotten the results that you expected. When your hair is thinning you might experience a decrease in self-esteem, but you needn’t go through that. Surgical treatment options can give you your hair and your self-esteem back in very little time. If you’re tired of wearing hairpieces or wigs that aren’t comfortable, there are plenty of surgical options that may work for you. If you don’t want to take another pill or apply any more creams or sprays to your scalp, you aren’t alone and there are a few great surgical options for you to consider.
Choose a Qualified Medical Doctor
One of the most important things you should do when you are considering surgical options for hair loss is research any doctor that you are thinking of seeing for your hair loss surgery. You want a doctor that is experienced, qualified, and will help you achieve the results that you are looking for. Because surgical hair loss treatments are done to help you feel better about yourself, you want to be sure you are dealing with a doctor that truly has the experience and credentials to get the job done the right way the first time.
Hair Transplantation
The first thing you might want to consider is hair transplantation. Hair transplantation involves a grafting process. A certified doctor will remove strips of skin and hair from the back of the head and then dissect them into smaller pieces. The doctor will then implant each of these grafts onto the areas in which you are balding or thinning areas of the scalp. The hair bearing grafts are not always taken from the actual balding individual. Wherever the hair bearing strips are from they are then carefully inserted into small holes or slits that are made in the scalp. The holes or slits are sometimes made with a laser so that they are quite precise. For the longest time these holes or slits were four to five millimeters in size, but in recent years in advances in technology the grafts as well as the slits and holes have become much smaller, known as micro-grafts or mini-grafts. This technique can help to grow hair in balding areas as well as to thicken hair in areas where there is hair but the patient would like it to be a bit thicker. The donor hair will fall out within the first weeks, but will re-grow within three months. The hair will then look and feel natural and will grow for as long as it would have in the original site from which it was taken.
Scalp Reduction
Scalp reduction is another surgical option for those that are trying to correct their hair loss. This is a procedure in which the areas of the scalp are reduced by surgical excision and then pulled upward to lift the hair bearing skin together. This procedure decreases the size of any balding areas of the scalp and is a great option for patients that are trying to correct excessive hair loss and balding. Doctors will often use scalp extenders or tissue expander to increase the effectiveness of the scalp reduction surgery. A similar procedure is called the flap procedure and involves a flap of hair bearing skin that is created by making surgical cuts near the balding area. The flap is then rotated onto the balding section of the head to give a very natural and more full looking head of hair.
Treatment Time
Many of these treatments will have you feeling and looking better within just two to three months, which is a great turn around time when you consider that they truly are surgical procedures. None of the procedures is super painful, though it does take some time for a doctor to properly make incisions or grafts on your head. You want a doctor that will take his or her time implanting the grafts in a manner that will allow the hair to grow in a manner that will look healthy and natural so you don’t look like the “hair plug guy” when and if other people notice that you’ve had some work done on those bald or thinning spots of hair.
Rogaine and Propecia
Your doctor may decide to couple one of these surgical treatments with a non-surgical approach to the re-growth of hair such as Rogaine or Propecia. These medications can help to encourage the growth of the current hairs as well as to stimulate future growth. While all of these surgical approaches to hair loss are very effective, they yield even more magnificent results when you couple them with one of these non-surgical approaches. When you are paying as much as you might have to pay to have these surgical options performed, its worth it to take some Propecia pills or even to use the Rogaine creams or sprays if it will help you obtain the look and feel that you have been dreaming of since your hair started to thin.
Great Results with Surgical Procedures
Hair loss isn’t a joke, and it’s something that a good portion of people just don’t want to experience. If you are one of these people, don’t worry, you aren’t alone. All of these surgical procedures have been developed for people just like you, and luckily they are all relatively safe and provide great results that you generally won’t see with non-surgical treatments of hair loss. Your hair loss may be genetic, but that doesn’t mean you have to live with it. Find a great doctor and find a procedure that you are comfortable with and you’ll see that you don’t have to live with a balding head of hair. You can enjoy the full head of hair that you once had, as well as the confidence that comes with that!
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