Monday, December 1, 2008

Hair Growth After Hair Transplant Surgery

By Gugu Martini

For many people, the idea of a hair transplant is not as uncomfortable as it might have been some years ago as many improvements have been taken to improve the technique. A benefit of current procedures is that you can not always tell when someone has undergone one because their bad hair plugs are not obvious. Even today, however, there are many things that people do not comprehend about this process.

Many men - a full 50 percent of all American men over 50 - are dealing with some kind of hair loss. Some men shave their heads completely, as they feel this is the best way society gives them to deal with their hair loss. Other men decide instead to undergo hair transplant surgery. Some go with the desire to stay au natural with their baldness, though they are considerably behind the rest of the world by making this choice.

The procedure is permanent: If you decide you do not like the results, it is not as simple as taking off a wig to change your hair. For the individual that is planning one of these treatments, they should understand that they will change the look of their head forever and they will also require many surgical treatments to get the desired look. The hair transplant surgery is not a procedure you can try out on a "see if you like it basis," and you should be wary of any doctor that promises a trial basis.

It is not true that you can immediately return to your old active routines after hair transplant surgery and many people do not realize this because the surgery is so simple to endure. You might also think that it is just your scalp after all, not muscle or bone. What you must realize is that the protection factor following such a surgery - that causes a large number of tiny wounds - is immense.

Every patient considering hair transplant surgery should be aware that it is a procedure that will take a long time to complete - up to one or two years. These are known as mega-sessions and can require the installation of thousands of grafts in one sitting. The commitment required for these sessions is grueling in and of itself, often requiring a serious amount of time to be performed.

Hair transplant surgery may be combined with other procedures: If you do not have enough hair, you cannot have the normal treatment. There are other surgeries that can be done at the same time to achieve similar results. These procedures are actually far more painful for the patient.

Typically, many grafts will not make it after the hair transplant surgery. The hope is that only a few will be lost and the overall result will not suffer. Unfortunately, many grafts do not survive, despite all concentrated efforts.

You should realize that hair transplant surgery is not as taxing on your wallet as you might otherwise believe and you can expect to pay about ,000. For example, if you get the procedure done at 30 and die at 70, you have paid 300 dollars per year for 40 years of use and this averages out to about 25 dollars per month. Twenty-five dollars per month is much more than many so-called low cost hair loss treatments cost. Thus, you would actually save money by having the surgery done in the first place. - 15266

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