Saturday, November 29, 2008

Hair Growth After Hair Transplant Surgery

By Gugu Martini

Because of increasingly improving methods, it is becoming far more common for people to have hair transplant procedures. Many people feared getting the procedures in the past, because they were not well done and you could see obvious hair plugs on people who had undergone them although this is rarely true anymore. The process is still not widely understood however and only a few facts are known to people.

For men over 50, baldness is a serious issue. There are many options for men who must deal with this type of severe hair loss and one such option is the avenue that many men take - complete shaving of the head. Others take the exact opposite route and have hair transplant surgery. Though those that accept their baldness may have a healthy outlook, they are out of step with what the rest of society is doing to combat hair loss.

The procedure is permanent: If you decide you do not like the results, it is not as simple as taking off a wig to change your hair. For the individual that is planning one of these treatments, they should understand that they will change the look of their head forever and they will also require many surgical treatments to get the desired look. The hair transplant surgery is not a procedure you can try out on a "see if you like it basis," and you should be wary of any doctor that promises a trial basis.

It is not true that you can immediately return to your old active routines after hair transplant surgery and many people do not realize this because the surgery is so simple to endure. You might also think that it is just your scalp after all, not muscle or bone. What you must realize is that the protection factor following such a surgery - that causes a large number of tiny wounds - is immense.

Hair transplant surgery is a process that takes up to two years and this time expenditure should be considered prior to surgery. There are mega-sessions where thousands of grafts are done in one sitting to help reduce that amount of overall time. Naturally, these sessions are quite long and frequently very taxing on the patient.

Normal treatment is not always available to everyone and some people do not have enough hair to undergo hair transplant surgery. Also, there are other procedures that can be done to help stimulate hair growth along with the main treatment. The difference is that these procedures are generally more painful.

Though there are few surgeons that will tell you, you should be aware that the grafts you have in hair transplant surgery may not all survive. The hope is that only a few will be lost and the overall result will not suffer. In reality, despite all efforts, often grafts simply fail to thrive.

A reasonable amount to spend is 12,000 dollars. This is only 25 dollars per month! If you are trying to save money on your hair loss treatment, you should be aware that your low cost treatment will cost more than per month. Thus, you would actually save money by having the surgery done in the first place. - 16004

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