What is a hair graft?

Actually, your surgeon does not relocate a single hair when he performs the hair transplant surgery.
He removes a hair graft or hair follicular unit that may have one to four hairs.
The surgeon removes these hair grafts from the back and sides and transplants them to the recipient area.

How are hair grafts removed and transplanted?

Generally, two techniques are used to remove the hair follicular units from the donor area. These techniques are called follicular unit transplant and follicular unit extraction.
If your surgeon chooses follicular unit transplant he is supposed to remove a strip of skin that is used to harvest healthy and baldness-resistant hair grafts. These hair grafts are transplanted to the recipient areas.
In follicular unit extraction, the surgeon will remove the hairs directly from the donor site without removing the strip of skin.

The recovery the period after the surgery

• Hair transplant is a surgical procedure in which hairs are removed from the donor region and transplant to the recipient area.
• Therefore, it is natural they need proper time to heal. You cannot expect instant results after the surgery and you have to follow the instructions given by the doctor after the surgery.
• Generally, the hair grafts need at least 2 weeks to heal properly.
• After the surgery, a number of side effects are possible like swelling, redness, brushing, and mild pain. With recovery, it is possible that the patient experience itching in the treated area.
• Your surgeon is supposed to prescribe proper medicines for all these issues.
• All the side effects subside within 2 or 3 weeks. After that, you may expect to see hair growth in the recipient area.
• Often, transplanted hair follicular units show proper hair growth after 6 months. At this time, the thickness or density of the hair is not optimum.
• You will see proper results after 12 months.
• Actually, the healing time of the treated area depends on the nature of the scalp and the quality of hair transplant surgery.
• Hair shedding after the surgery is also possible but it is only a temporary stage and the hairs are supposed to grow with optimum strength again.

You can come to the Marmm Klinik to know more about the issues related to hair treatment like hair transplant cost in Bhopal or hair transplant techniques etc. The experts of the clinic will help you to diagnose or treat the problem effectively.