Getting a hair transplantation “for the first time”, select the best.
“Getting a hair transplantation for the first time” seems to a big decision for many people. As once you have got your answer whether or not to undergo the hair transplantation procedure, the other equally important question is “How to select the "Best" hair transplantation?”
This is quite tough for newbies who’s just entering the hair transplant exploration. You may need to spend quite a lot of time studying it before making a decision. That's right!! You should do it! The question of where and how to select a reliable hair transplantation shouldn't be easy!! The first-time hair transplantation is the most important as it draws the future of your hair.
Why do we repeatedly emphasize the "importance" of "first-time hair transplantation"? First things first, we should understand that we cannot use hair from anyone to be implanted on our scalp. It must be your own hair. Not only that, the hair must be taken from the “Safe Zone” area, which is approximately one-fourth of the scalp only. Don’t forget one more thing! Each person has different hair loss or thinning hair problem, in terms of types and severity. Moreover, “Safe donor area” which is an area expected to be covered with healthy hair follicles, varies from person to person.
When the number of hairs in Safe Zone is limited, the efficient and effective management of this valuable resource becomes the heart of the treatment, with both short-term and long-term influence. These are the reasons why your first-time hair transplantation should be “selected” properly and carefully.
Let's understand the nature of “Safe Zone” a bit. Safe Zone or "Safe Donor Area", is the area on the scalp where retains our strong and healthy hair, resistant to shedding. The boundary of ‘Safe Zone’ covers the area at the back of the head and over the ears, approximately 10 – 12 inches in length and 3 inches in height. You may have noticed that men, when they bald, never lose the hair around the sides and back of the head.
The most significant reason that allows the hair on the Safe Zone area to be stronger and more resistant than in other areas is the property of resistance to dihydrotestosterone or DHT, a hormone that shrinks your hair follicles, causes hair thinning, and eventually leads to baldness.
Fortunately, DHT is not powerful enough to damage hair follicles on the Safe Zone (or damaged but slower than other areas), so we still have good quality hair that can be implanted into problem areas. More surprisingly, the property of being resistant to DHT still remains regardless of where it is implanted. This allows the efficient restoration of natural hair growth cycle throughout our entire lives.
However, if we calculate the number of hair grafts in the Safe Zone based on the total of approximate 50,000 grafts all over the head, the total number of hair grafts in the Safe Zone is approximately 12,500 grafts. Due to this limit, the doctor needs to assess the recipient area (transplanted area) and determine the optimal number of hair grafts before transplantation kickoff, taking into account the number of hair remained after removing hair from this safe zone. This is because we may have to rely on the Safe Zone for another execution of hair transplantation in case any mistakes or failures occur.
Therefore, what should be considered when talking about hair transplantation is not only understanding the importance of limited resources (on safe zone), but also how-to make a right decision on selecting a reliable clinic and expert doctor as well as a treatment which is perfectly right for you. Many people misunderstand that hair transplantation is all the same anywhere and the available techniques are designed for everyone. But in reality, it’s not easy like that. There are different significant issues to be considered, not only the price. To make you more comfortable, we digested the important information for you.
1.Doctor's expertise
If you’re thinking that anywhere could give you the same result of hair transplantation, we’d like to suggest you to rethink. Each doctor has different experience and expertise, as well as the treatment practices. Imagine how good it would be if we had an experienced and skilled doctor who has realized and understood the difference of each patient, the one who can analyze and design the most effective treatment for each patient particularly.
Besides, to achieve the best results, doctors should adhere to the principle of patient-centered treatment, starting from listening to the problems, concerns and actual needs of the patients, and mutually designing the most appropriate treatment approach. More importantly, each hair graft should be carefully and intentionally implanted by the experienced and skilled doctor so that the satisfactory result can be ensured.
2.Hair transplantation instruments
In addition, the accumulated skill and expertise of the doctor, the instrument and equipment selected play an important role in the successful hair transplantation as well. Therefore, we should look for the clinic offering the high quality and standard medical instruments. Improved by advanced technology, the reliable and well-recognized tiny instrument (called “implanter”) helps doctors to perform hair transplantation procedure more precisely and accurately, covering the appropriate hair angle and direction, the proper depth of hair implantation, and the proper density. This also helps reduce pain or side effects from treatment as well.
3.Methods and techniques of hair transplantation
FUT or FUE hair transplantation may look the same in practice. However, the new techniques may be invented and developed with a purpose to enhance patient’s comfort. By way of illustration, removing hair grafts from the back of the head may cause patients’ unease about the wounds left. This advanced technique is the right solution for this problem. It can make the wounds become hidden and negligible, in the meantime, the newly transplanted hair perfectly and naturally blends in with the original one.
4.Attentive treatment
This might be the little things hidden in the path of treatment. Try to search for a clinic or a doctor who "truly cares" about our beloved hair. The final success relies on the very first steps of designing a proper treatment and post-hair transplantation monitoring. Especially during the hair transplantation procedure, an attentive doctor must carefully implant each hair graft to ensure that the most satisfactory results will be achieved as quickly and confidently as possible.
5.Post-hair transplant care
To have a hair transplant, what we should consider is not only obtaining useful advice from the doctor and sharing your concerns and needs, the post-hair transplant care service is the other matter requiring your attention. As the hair transplantation is a long-term treatment that requires a one- year period of time to complete, the useful advice; care and attention; consistent monitoring; supporting treatments, and safe hair treatment products are the essential matters that cannot be overlooked, for those whose goal is the naturally beautiful hair.
These are the important checklists for those who are about to decide having a hair transplant so that you can experience the best hair transplant since your first time. This can be the good foundation for your healthy hair, staying with you as desired.
