What to Expect After a Hair Transplant Surgery

Before the surgery

So, you’ve decided to take control of your hair loss. You may have tried medical What to Expect After a Hair Transplant Surgerytherapies that only function to slow hair loss and thicken miniaturized hair, but they do not stop the progression of hair loss. You’ve weighed the pros and cons of the different proven treatments and finally decided to undergo a hair transplant, a permanent solution that will give you lifelong natural-looking results. You have done your homework and researched the different clinics and what they can offer you. You have even learned about the basics of the different surgical procedures. You’ve gone on consultations, chosen a surgeon, scheduled your surgery, and followed the pre-op instructions to a “T.”

Day of the surgery

Now the big transformative day is here! You arrive at the surgical clinic often tired because of a restless night due to the excitement of a new you, a new chapter, and also often due to undue anxiety over the process. As part of the planning, the physician draws on the hairline where it would be best, and you’ll have an opportunity to provide input. Then you will be prepped for the procedure. Local anesthesia is administered, and the grafts are harvested after the anesthetics have taken effect. For those patients undergoing a FUT, or strip procedure, after the strip is excised and the scalp is sutured, it is all downhill from here, realizing that the most anxiety-inducing part is over. The recipient site is prepared, and thousands of tiny slits are made to receive the hair follicles that have been dissected down to the individual units. During this time, most patients will doze off. Depending type of harvesting procedure and the number of grafts to be transplanted, your surgical day can last from a few hours to a full 8 hours.

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