HAIR TRANSPLANTATION - SURGERY FOR MALE BALDNESS

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Hair transplant or Hair replacement or hair restoration or hair transplantation or hair grafting is most common cosmetic surgery procedure request by male patients. The main cause of baldness is heredity.

Depending upon the severity, male baldness is classified into 7 grades. Hairs fall from the front and the centre of the head, but even in the cases of severe baldness, they do not fall from the back and sides of the head, as these hairs are not influenced by the gene that causes baldness and are permanent. Hair is taken from the sides and back of the head and these hairs are transplanted to the bald area by Follicular Unit Transplant Technique (FUT) and single hair grafts.

Hairs are arranged in the scalp in Follicular units or groups of 1, 2, 3 or 4 hairs. In the Follicular Unit Transplant Technique (FUT), these hair follicles are harvested from the donor area which has permanent hairs and are transplanted into the bald areas. Dr. Khanna has designed a special instrument called the "Kolkata Slit" which is being patented and is very useful for Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation or FUT.

The transplanted hair appear just like normal hair, never fall and grow continuously at a rate of 2-3 cm. per month like other hair. Shampoo and oil can be applied & they can be combed to the style of your choice. The transplanted hairs are permanent and grow like normal hair and need haircuts later.

The entire procedure is done under local anesthesia and the patient is awake and aware during the hair transplantation. We have a cable TV set in the Operation Theatre, and the patient watches his favourite channel on television whilst the surgery is done. 4 to 6 people work at the same time, and it takes 3 to 6 hours for a sitting to be complete. The patient goes home immediately after the operation.

One or more sittings of Hair transplant may be required, depending on the severity and extend of baldness. A maximum of 1500-2500 grafts or Follicular Units of hair can be transplanted in one sitting and if required, the next sitting can be done after 6 months.

There are no side-effects of Hair Transplantation. The operation is on the scalp outside the skull bone and the brain is inside the skull, and there are no adverse effects of hair transplantation.

Dr Manoj Khanna and his team have satisfied more than 950 cases of hair transplantation till date (10/6/2007) and patients come to him for this procedure from all over India and the world, including USA, UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, middle-east, etc. His team does 10 to 15 cases of Hair transplant every month and some results can be seen in the photo gallery of this website.

 

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