How to Stop Baldness With Medical Hair Restoration
Medical hair restoration is a process whereby hair follicles are removed from an area of existing thick hair and implanted into an area of thinning hair. Medical hair restoration works especially well for those experiencing the condition known as "male pattern baldness". Medical hair restoration procedures today transplant hair in small grouping of one to three follicles, making the procedure more precise than the "hair plugs" of the past, according to the Hair Transplant Network. Medical hair restoration is an outpatient procedure. Does this Spark an idea?
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Contact a hair restoration physician. You will need to find a reputable medical hair transplant center in your area. The physician will arrange a personal appointment where your hair can be examined and your restoration options discussed.
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Meet with the physician, so that you can be examined and know what to expect from medical hair restoration. Some patients will have fast results with relatively few transplants, while others will show less new growth. According to the Hair Transplant Network, this stems from the differences in hair types between patients.
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Schedule an appointment for donor hair removal. For this procedure the doctor will remove a strip of skin and hair from your scalp, while you are given a local anesthetic. Your donor strip will then be divided into small groups of follicles.
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Undertake the hair transplant procedure. This will occur the same day as your donor hair removal procedure. You will be given another local anesthetic and the donor follicles will be transplanted onto the balding portion of your head.
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Return for a repeat procedure, if recommended and desired. According to Bosley Hair Restoration, most patients undergo two or more procedures.
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Allow the transplanted follicles time to grow as they replace your bald location with new natural hair.
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