What is hair transplant?
Past certain ages or due to genetic faults, some start losing their hair. But thanks to Scientific and technology progresses in health fields, hair transplant in Iran has advanced in to certain levels, enabling mostly everyone to gain a better look.
A hair transplant is a type of surgery that moves hair you already have, to fill an area with thin or no hair. Doctors have been doing these transplants in the U.S. since the 1950s, but techniques have changed a lot in recent years. And in the recent years hair transplant in Iran has become a common procedure, specially in the south of Iran.
Receiving a hair transplant can improve your appearance and self-confidence.
Good candidates for a hair transplant include:
- men with male pattern baldness
- women with thinning hair
- anyone who has lost some hair from a burn or scalp injury
Hair replacement isn’t a good option for:
- women with a widespread pattern of hair loss throughout the scalp
- people who don’t have enough “donor” hair sites from which to remove hair for transplant
- people who form keloid scars (thick, fibrous scars) after injury or surgery
- people whose hair loss is due to medication such as chemotherapy
Hair transplant in Iran
Hairline transplant is the term doctors use to describe a hair transplant in Iran that restores a receding hairline. If you have a receding hairline, the hair along the top of your forehead and the temples starts to disappear. That causes your hairline to move backward, or recede. A receding hairline is a feature of male pattern baldness, the most common cause of hair loss among people assigned male at birth (AMAB).
Different types of hair transplant in Iran?
There are two types of transplant procedures: slit grafts and micrografts.
Slit grafts contain 4 to 10 hairs per graft. Micrografts contain 1 to 2 hairs per graft, depending on the coverage needed.
What happens during a hair transplant in Iran?
After thoroughly cleaning your scalp, a surgeon uses a small needle to numb an area of your head with local anesthesia.
Two main techniques are used to obtain follicles for transplantation:
FUT and FUE.
In follicular unit transplantation (FUT):
- The surgeon will use a scalpel to cut out a strip of scalp skin from the back of the head. The incision is typically several inches long.
- This is then closed with stitches.
- The surgeon next separates the removed portion of scalp into small sections using a magnifying lens and sharp surgical knife. When implanted, these sections will help achieve natural-looking hair growth.
In follicular unit extraction (FUE), the hair follicles are cut out directly from the back of the head through hundreds to thousands of tiny punch incisions.
- The surgeon makes tiny holes with a blade or needle in the area of your scalp that’s receiving the hair transplant. They gently place hairs in these holes.
- During one treatment session, a surgeon may transplant hundreds or even thousands of hairs.
- After, the graft, gauze, or bandages will cover your scalp for a few days.
A hair transplant session can take 4 hours or more. Your stitches will be removed about 10 days after surgery.
You may require up to three or four sessions to achieve the full head of hair you desire. Sessions occur several months apart to allow each transplant to fully heal.
What happens after a hair transplant in Iran?
Your scalp may be sore, and you may need to take medications following hair transplant surgery, such as:
- pain medication
- antibiotics to reduce your risk of infection
- anti-inflammatory medications to keep swelling down
Most people can return to work several days after surgery.
It’s typical for the transplanted hair to fall out 2 to 3 weeks after the procedure. This makes way for new hair growth. Most people will see some new hair growth 8 to 12 months after surgery.
Many doctors prescribe minoxidil (Rogaine) or the hair growth medication finasteride (Propecia) to improve hair regrowth. These medications also help slow or stop future hair loss.
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