Hair Loss Treatments

We call FUE (follicular Unit Extraction) method where donor hairs (the back of the head) are removed one-by-one. There will be no stitch and linear scar.

It’s done under local anesthesia thus no need for general anesthesia.

It is an out-patient procedure; depending on the hair follicle (graft) number that is going to be transplanted it generally lasts 6-9 hours in a day.

No one can predict how many grafts will satisfy you but your surgeon will definitely take care of your concerns and will guide you and demonstrate before & after photos of previous cases to decide the graft counts accordingly. But here are the advised graft counts for each type of hair loss.

Norwood type 2,3 hair loss usually requires 1500-2500 grafts and requires 1 session.

Norwood type 4-5-6-7 requires more than 3000 hair follicle-grafts and requires at least 2 or more sessions.

Donor area  is the area where we obtain hair follicles from.

There are one ‘Major’ and two ‘Minor’ donor areas or sources in the body.

Major donor area is the back of the head as seen in the figure and is the area where we obtain the majority of the hair follicles from.

Major Donor Area

Minor donor areas are:  Beard & Chest regions; where we obtain the minority of the hair follicles from.

You may assume the donor area like a forest containing thousands of trees. As we are going to remove very few among them, the rest will be fairly enough to cover the entire area whilst we expect few hair regrowth -thanks to our micro fue technic- from these areas.

Ideally you need 7-10 days to stay indoors after the procedure. The main idea to stay indoors is to protect both the recipient and donor areas from any kind of infection. But if your busy schedule does not allow you to do so, it is also acceptable at least to stay 3 days indoors. In that scenario please ask the advice of your Dr regarding the postoperative care.

There will be some scabs both on the donor and the recipient areas which might be visible during 7-10 days post-operatively but don’t worry we will be inviting you to the clinic to clean these scabs.

There might be some degree of swelling on your face (easy to manage with ice pack) which will subside within 5-7 days.

There might be pinkness/redness, pimples, numbness both on the donor & recipient areas which is very normal and will heal soon.

Depending of the hair follicle amount you need, there might no need for full head shaving; your surgeon will guide you accordingly.

As human beings we do not have unlimited donor supply; we have to use our limited donor in a logical way. There is no way to restore your original density and original hair line level as you don’t have enough donor to supply. Density varies accordingly to the recipient area’s size. The bigger the recipient area the lesser the density. So please allow your surgeon to decide the recipient area size because he simply knows better than you. He knows how to satisfy you besides; the density could be increased with further sessions.

Which one you prefer?

The large area coverage with low density or relatively small area coverage with high density?

Following the surgery all the transplanted hair strands-not hair roots- will fall within 2 months; so, do not expect any hair regrowth before the completion of 4 full month after the procedure. (individual results always vary) As of 5-6 months after the procedure you will be able to see the average results hence the full results will be seen around 18-24 months. (individual results always vary) That means you will see much more improvement (hair thickness/density increase and new hair growth) as time goes by till the end of 24 months after the procedure.

Definitely No! They will stay for entire life as the transplanted hairs are genetically resistant    to hair fall!

Yes, in order to increase the overall density of the previous transplantation you may desire to have additional sessions.

It depends; as soon as your donor area heals you can have a 2 nd session but the average time is 3 months after the 1 st procedure.

These are misleading terms! The biggest non-profit hair transplant society INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY (www.ishrs.org) says! And these terms are mostly used by black market business owners who offer extremely cheap prices to attract much more patients. As there are no enough official control and inspection especially in particular countries -where these black-market clinics mostly nestle in- they operate 20-30 or even 40-50 patients with unlicensed staff in a day and could able to provide extremely cheap prices. These black market places could even nestle under a well-known hospitals and clinics. So please do not decide accordingly hospital/clinic name! Please ask whether you will be fully operated with unlicensed black-market techs or by an experienced hair transplant surgeon. Because cheap has been always expensive!

For the success of hair transplantation post-operative follow up and care are extremely important. If you do the hair transplantation out of the country then you have to fly back to your home country just after the surgery. So how you will handle the recipient and donor area post-operative cares?  Did you ever think who would care your maintenance therapies on your arrival to your home country?  You have to continue your maintenance therapies for a proper outcome. What if something goes wrong? What if you hit your head and bleeding starts, infection & poor growth occurs etc.etc What if you couldn’t see the expected result from your surgery; would you travel all the way back? You have to pay flight, accommodation again and again! Besides all a very bad result might affect all your career and your entire life. Is it really worth to do it in very cheap black-market places? Because cheap has been always expensive!