“What will happen on the day of surgery?”
This is a common question in mind when you are gathering information or when you are about to have a hair transplant surgery. You may feel confused or anxiety with a lot of questions, like “What should I do first?”, “Is it complicated?”, “Does it hurt?”, “How long will it take?”, “Why is it so long?”, “Who implants my hair?”, “Can I tell the doctor my desired hairstyle?”, etc.
In this section, we are clarifying 4 key steps of “1 Day with Hair Transplantation” so that your doubts will be cleared up and you’ll be ready and comfortable to have a hair transplantation which helps you transform yourself into a new person delightfully.
Step 1 - Design a new hairline and facial frame
Duration: 30 – 45 minutes
Say goodbye to the Old You and welcome to the brighter beginning. Your expert doctor will start off the treatment with chatting with the patient to understand the hair problem and the patient's needs such as a facial frame desired, ideal hairstyle, limitations or restrictions. Once the right solution has been chosen, the doctor will carry out hair graft calculation to determine the exact number of hair grafts being removed from the donor area (the lower back of the head) and then implanted in the problem area accurately and properly.
When everything is ready, the doctor will begin drawing a new hairline or facial frame on the basis of the Golden Ratio principle. This helps in an excellent facial framing i.e. smarter and bold look for men, and soft, gentle and younger look for women. When you have gotten your desired facial frame, let's move on to the next step.
Step 2 Prepare the donor area (the back of the head)
Duration 15 – 30 minutes
At this stage, it takes only a short time for the doctor to gradually trim your hair on the back of the head to be prepared for hair graft removal later. You may question if the patches are left on the head and visible after hair removal. Is it noticeable? Do I have to change my hairstyle to hide it?
The answer is “Don’t worry”. With the wound-hiding technique, the hair is removed in a stepped manner and the wounds are hidden neatly. So you can do any hairstyle you like without worrying that accidentally the wound will be seen.
Step 3 Remove the hair graft
Duration: 2-3 hours
It comes to the process of removing the hair grafts from the back of the head. This step takes quite a long time because it involves gradually removing the grafts one by one without invasive surgery. Instead, this process is performed using the tiny imported medical instrument, called an ‘implanter’ having a diameter of 0.6 mm only. You can be sure that the wounds are as tiny as the implanter needle. Throughout this process, the patient can lie down on the bed comfortably.
After completing the process of hair graft removal, the patient is allowed to take a break for 1 hour. The doctor will dissect and extract each hair graft as individual follicular units, and grouped, ensuring that they have the proper size and quality.
Step 4 Implant the new hair “Strand-by-Strand”
Duration: 3-5 hours
It’s about time the doctor comes on stage. The expert doctor will gradually implant the hair one by one. This stage requires the craftsmanship and the artistic perspective of the doctor because there are thousands of hair strands to be implanted, taking into account many factors like the direction, angle, depth, size or density.
Of course this process takes a little longer because it requires the extreme neatness and special attention. Anyway how long it will take depends on the number of hair grafts and the complexity of each patient's problem.
Upon completion of 1 day of hair transplantation, you will be given the useful and practical advice, precautions and guidance on hair and scalp care. These should be followed so that your new hair will be deeply and firmly rooted. Then the hair growth cycle will be recalled as perfectly as you expected.
