How to Care for a Hair Transplant

A hair transplant is one of the most frequently performed cosmetic surgery procedures for men. If performed by an experienced plastic surgeon, the results are usually quite pleasing aesthetically. However, taking good care of transplanted hair in the initial few days is very important for the hair growth. You must take care not to damage the hair roots in any way during this healing phase of hair transplant, or the hairs will not grow. The following suggestions will show you how to take appropriate care of your hair transplant during this critical period.

Exploring Other Hair Loss Treatment

1. Consult a hair transplant surgeon. The process of transplanting hair involves removing healthy hair follicles from areas on your scalp where your hair is thick, and transplanting those in to areas where the hair is thinning, or where hair loss is most evident.

Future of Surgical Treatments of Hair Loss

    Surgical treatments available today are limited in effectiveness because no new hair is added. Current surgical methods simply cannot produce a full head of thicker hair. The art of surgical hair restoration is rearranging the patient's existing DHT-resistant hair follicles for an appearance that looks fuller. But no new hair is added. Current surgical methods are very labor intensive and costly, and include the minor discomfort of recovery following surgery. The obvious key to improving surgical treatment is cloning hair follicles. Successfully cloning multiple hair follicles from a donor area follicle that is already programmed to continue to grow new hairs for a lifetime will result in a limitless supply of hair transplant grafts, which translates into limitless hair thickness. The cloned follicles may even be individually injected directly into the scalp, eliminating surgery altogether.