Hair restoration is a good idea for those who have severe hair loss and medication has not helped. Check with your doctor if hair transplants will work for you or not. Today one can find plenty of experienced surgeons who have done extensive studies on hair restoration and related surgical techniques. Today with technical advancement the end result is as close to the natural look as possible.
For male pattern baldness, hair transplants can do a good job of restoring a head of hair. But more often than not the restoration is not done for a full head as was before the hair loss and there are some risks attached to these types of surgery. But for the best results it is advisable to look for the best in hair transplant surgeons and one with the most experience. The experience should be in various types of transplanting procedures and they should be able to guide you about the best solution for your condition.
The actual surgery divides the skull in to two parts – the donor part and the recipient part. Minute patches of scalp from the donor part are transplanted to the recipient part. Depending on the technique used, the donor can have 2-40 hairs on it at a given time. This is done under general anaesthesia. The recipient cuts are done using a tiny scalpel and the sections of hair are attached in such a way that the direction of growth is like the original hair. The smaller the graft the thicker the head of hair will be.
Scarring is normal in any type of surgery and this is true of hair transplants too. Check with your doctor on how to care for these. Hair restoration surgery works but you need to do your homework before you make the decision. Hair transplant is the most invasive type of restoring hair so check with your doctor for alternate solutions and if there are none then you can consider hair transplants.