A complete hair restoration surgery

To undergo a hair transplant surgery it is important that the patient has some amount of hair at the back of his scalp. For a hair restoration surgery the patient has to play donor to himself as one person’s hair follicles will not respond to another’s scalp and eventually die.

The surgery is the last step of the whole procedure for hair restoration which starts with the consultation session between the patient and the surgeon. Our surgeons at Harley Hair Clinic regard this consultation session as the most important, wherein the decisions are taken like your current scalp and hair condition; the causes of your hair loss and your expectations from the surgery.

Hair Transplant surgeries are conducted on an outpatient basis, under local anaesthesia, that takes about 6 -7 hours to complete, depending on the procedure. You will be treated by your surgeon and our efficient team of assistant surgeons and nurses. The surgery usually takes place in the morning.

The scalp is shampooed and then treated with an antibacterial agent prior to the donor scalp being harvested. Then the anaesthesia is injected into the scalp which will be minor painful. Additional sedatives might be mixed with the anaesthesia and you will feel drowsy the whole procedure. A hair transplant surgery can be boring; our reliable nursing staff will keep you in company and comfort.

If you have opted for a usual FUT procedure, then once the injected anaesthesia has numbed your scalp, the surgeon removes a thin strip of skin about 1.5cm thick and 15—30cm long, off the back of your scalp. The wound is closed and sutured while the strip of skin containing the hair follicle grafts of 2-4 hairs shall be in use at the grafting table where the grafts shall be extracted using unmistakable equipments and techniques. Once the grafts are extracted they are planted to the recipient balding area of your scalp.

Starting from the morning, the surgery shall be over within the evening and you can go home almost immediately. However, because of the anaesthesia and sedatives, you are advised not to drive home or take public vehicles. Arrange a friend or relative to drive you home.

Your recovery from Hair Transplant Surgery and final results

There might be some pain felt at the first night once the anaesthesia completely wears off, you can use pain killers if required. There will be some amount of bleeding. Issues like swelling of the forehead and resulting discomfort might arise. You can use follow the indications given the surgeon and give it some time of about a day or two to wear off. Pain, bleeding, swelling and discomfort all this will supposedly stop within a couple of days. And complete recovery from the wounds and suture scar shall take a month.

FUE is comparatively less invasive and almost painless than that of FUT procedures and strip harvesting procedures that cut or remove portions of the scalp. But the recovery time of FUT hair transplant surgeries is short.

Hair Transplant results vary person to person depending on the stage of baldness and amount of donor grafts that could be replaced. Since we can only use your existing permanent hair to your thin or bald areas. We are not creating new hair. Intelligent techniques and talented hands of surgeons can work up the transplantation in a way that will grow in a pattern and cover the balding area.

The transplanted follicles will last for the lifetime of the patient as these hairs are genetically resistant to balding, which means they will never fall out. Additionally, some patients may experience initial hair loss but even the fallen hair will grow back in 2-6 months. Once the hair begins to grow normally, it will continue to do so for the patient's lifetime.

For both FUT and FUE hair transplant surgeries, results shall start to emerge at the head of 4-5months and final results takes 12months to arrive.