This is a ten-hour period that….
...some people have taken years in searching for information before making a decision;
…some people have called it an important investment, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity;
…many people look forward to being transformed themselves into a new person after this ten-hour period is completed.
That’s the reason why Dr. Nin of Namnin Clinic always dedicates and pays attention to this 10-hour period of hair transplant procedure for each of our patients. You may be curious why it takes up to ten consecutive hours. That’s because hair transplantation is a complex and delicate process that requires both medical science and artistic perspective. In addition, hair transplantation involves working with very small hairs that needs high level of carefulness and meticulousness
Therefore, hair transplantation is not a task that anyone can do. At Namnin, only the true doctors with expertise and experience can perform this delicate task. This is the ten hours of work that the medical team has to perform to transform you into a new person as you desire.
Planning a treatment together
30-40 minutes
Dr. Nin begins the process by discussing with the patient to know and understand his/her concerns, needs and expectation well enough. Then the hair problem analysis will be performed for further designing a personalized treatment on the basis of patient-centered principle. As each patient comes to us with different problems and causes, those differences need to be understood and clarified. Some patients have just been noticing a sign of thinning hair. Some have been worried about almost bald head. Some have insufficient hair at the Safe Donor Area, that is, the lower back of the head.
In this stage, Dr. Nin will evaluate the area to be implanted transplanted in order to calculate if there are enough hair grafts at the Safe Donor Area. In case of insufficiency, Dr. Nin will decide how to solve the problem, this is to say, averaged-dense implantation or specific selecting the most in-demand area.
In addition, Dr. Nin also draws a new frontal hairline on the forehead to adjust the facial proportion in line with the patient needs, using the Golden Ratio principle. Therefore, you can rest assured that the treatment has been mutually planned by the doctor and the patient.
Preparing the Donor Area at the occipital area
20-30 minutes
As the hair grafts have to be removed from the Safe Donor Area at the lower back of the head, that is, the area with DHT-resistant hair, the good preparation is one of the crucial steps that should not be overlooked. Start by cutting hair using a stair-step removal technique to avoid any concern that may arise after undergoing a hair transplant. This stair-step technique was developed for delivering the most comfortable and convenient experience.
Removing hair grafts from the donor area
3-6 hours
In the process of removing hair grafts from the occipital area, Dr. Nin carefully plans the use of various instruments such as an implanter pen, so that the least number of wounds will be left on the scalp.
To remove hair grafts, Namnin's multidisciplinary team, which has been intensively trained by Dr. Nin, will be the one who perform this important task under Dr. Nin's close supervision.
The removed hair grafts must be soaked in preservation solution immediately to maintain the natural properties before proceeding to the next step of graft selection and trimming. This is because each problem area requires different size of hair. For example, the frontal hairline requires hair grafts comprising small and thin hair strands, only one hair strand per graft. For the top of the head, larger hair strands are required, 3 - 4 hair strands per graft. Selecting and trimming the hair grafts is another key step that reflects the delicacy of Dr. Nin's hair transplant operation.
After the hair graft removal process, it’s the time for having a meal or a snack. Let your body recharge for 30 - 45 minutes so that it will be ready for the next step of hair transplantation procedure.
Strand-by-strand hair transplantation by a doctor
3-6 hours
Finally, it's time to implant carefully-prepared hair grafts into the scalp. Although there are thousands of hair grafts waiting to be punched, but all of them will be meticulously implanted by Dr. Nin alone. For the most satisfactory result, the following various factors affecting the survival of newly implanted hair graft will be taken into account:
- The direction and orientation of each follicular unit must be focused so that the newly grown hair will be blended in with the original hair. One thing to keep in mind is that it usually takes several months to see the final outcome. When that time comes and your new hair has grown in the wrong direction, it cannot be fixed easily or it can be said that it cannot be fixed anymore. That’s why the direction and orientation of hair needs the special attention.
- Depth of implantation: If hair grafts are implanted at a shallow depth, they may fail to survive. Ultimately, proper depth control is the key factor for graft survival because if influences the nutrient delivery.
- Density of implantation: The hair grafts must be implanted at the right density. Too few hair grafts will not solve the problem. Too many hair grafts will cause the risk of the hair graft falling out.
At Namnin, we have used an imported state-of-the-art device, that is the 0.6 mm Implanter Pen. This technology allows hair transplantation to be done with more precision. It leaves small wounds with little bleeding, decreased swelling and bruising. With these advantages, patients can generally resume their normal daily routine almost immediately.
The actual time required for each case may vary with the problem complexity and the number of hair grafts used. There's no need to worry because the entire process will be under close supervision of Dr. Nin.
