Both women and men experience hair loss which some people experience earlier than they should, while eventually this may happen due to some natural reasons such as ageing. Hence people may seek advice or help on what to do at that situation and the common answer to this problem can be hair restoration. There are various types of procedure but it is dependent on the person to decide the best procedure that he or she wants to undergo. There are two main types of restoration process which can serve for people facing hair loss.
Follicular Hair Transplant
Considered as gold standard, Follicular Hair Transplant can be considered as one of well-known hair restoration surgery. Hair grows from the scalp in groupings called follicular units which contain sebaceous unit, supporting structures while containing 1 to 4 terminal hairs. While alopecia is perceptible when the hair density is diminished by 50%, on average a person has approximately 100, 000 to 150,000 hairs at density of about 2 hairs per mm. The follicular units are placed into the recipient site individual after the follicular units are harvested from the temporal and occipital scalp. The surgeons utilize the follicular unit for faster healing, for greater density and fewer traumas to existing hairs in the recipient area. The redistribution gives the appearance of fuller look while the number of hair may not change. Check Hair Club website
Follicular Unit Extraction
With small punch excisions ranging from 0.8 to 1.5mm, in FUE method follicular units are harvested separately and then manually removed with forceps. Due to the difficulty in determining the angle and depth of hair follicles, the surgeon's initial experience yielded approximately 30% transaction rate. The transaction rate at this stage is as low as 6% with improved instrumentation and better understanding of follicular unit. Where grafts are removed and thinning of donor area can be seen, if too many grafts are detached, hyper pigmentation can occur. Patients who are prone to hypertrophic scarring or those who have undergone strip method, FUE method can be perfect for patients who have little scalp laxity. For a more natural appearance the hair can be placed in the scalp after extracting from the donor site. While the strip method is generally reserved for the posterior part of the scalp, FUE can also be used to harvest hair follicles from other parts of the body. According to the number of terminal hairs, the assistant then takes grafts and separates them before placing them in the bald area of the scalp, while trimming is rarely required.
Platelet Rich Plasma
In order to increase hair yield rate, diameter and hair density, PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) can be described as an emerging trend in restoration of hair. This therapy takes the blood from the arm of the patient while putting the blood into the centrifuge and while spinning them to separate out red blood cells from the plasma. Then this plasma is injected directly in the scalp at the level of hair follicles
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