Male pattern baldness or Androgenic alopecia is a common problem where the patients are misled by improper marketing by beneficiaries. Male pattern baldness follows a genetic pattern commonly. However the onset could be advanced by external factors like improper nutrition, unhealthy parlour procedures, dandruff, cheap shampoos etc. Hair Transplantation Chennai as a result in permanent restoration lost hair surgically. Hair transplantation does not halt the on-going hair loss. Therefore medical management is an essential part of hair restoration procedure. Patients experiencing early thinning or hair loss should start medical treatment. Currently there are only two FDA approved medication in various combinations. This included Minoxidil and Fenestride. These medications help to prevent hair loss by blocking the action of androgens on hair follicles and also increase density by converting more hair follicles into growth phase.
Hair Transplant Chennai is performed to restore hair over areas of baldness. It is not advisable to perform hair transplantation while there is excessive hair fall. Attempt to increase the density during periods of hair fall may only hasten the hair fall.
Hair transplantation is done as a single day surgery under local anaesthesia. Patient may be requires to report to hospital two hours before the surgery and can leave the hospital soon after surgery. The two commonly performed techniques include the so called -Strip Method- and -FUE-. The results from both techniques would be the same. Advantage of FUE is that it is scar less and less painful postoperatively. The disadvantage is the time consumed and larger donor area preparation needed.
In both the technique the donor area is the posterior scarlp region. Harvested hair is transplanted into areas of hair loss like implanting a plant. The shaft seen outside may fall of in two weeks and hair growth resumes after four month. During the period of regrowth medical management is essential to prevent further hair loss and enhance growth of the transplanted hair.
In Strip method only the strip to be harvested would be trimmed while in FUE method area trimmed depends on the number of grafts to be harvested. Patient would be expected to have antiseptic wash and prophylactic antibiotic before surgery. Blood pressure must be under control. Post operatively patient may be allowed to wash hair from the third day. In strip method sutures have to be removed after two weeks.
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Dr Jayanthy Ravindran offers complete solution to restore youthful and healthy hair, Hair Transplant Chennai she is Cosmetic Surgeon Chennai, Hair Transplantation Chennai combining both surgical and medical management. She aims to help patients being misled by various options marketed to restore lost hair. She has travelled extensively to study hair biology and treatment options available in leading centres in the world.
