HAIR TRANSPLANTATION SURGERY RISKS RESULTS
Category: Plastic Surgery
Abstract : The areas involved in transplantation may need to be bandaged overnight.
People can return to normal activities within a day. Strenuous activities should
be avoided in the first few days after the surgery. On rare occasions, the
implants can be ejected from the scalp during vigorous exercise. There may be
some swelling, bruising, headache, and discomfort around the graft areas
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The areas involved in transplantation may need to be bandaged overnight.
People can return to normal activities within a day. Strenuous activities should
be avoided in the first few days after the surgery. On rare occasions, the
implants can be ejected from the scalp during vigorous exercise. There may be
some swelling, bruising, headache, and discomfort around the graft areas
and around the eyes.
These symptoms can usually be controlled with a mild
pain reliever such as aspirin. Scabs may form at the graft sites and should not
be scraped off. There may be some numbness at the sites, but it will diminish
within two to three months.
Risks
Although there are rare cases of infection or scarring, the major
risk is that the grafted area might not look the way the patient expected it to
look.
Normal results
The transplanted hair will fall out within a few weeks;
however, new hair will start to grow in the graft sites within about three
months. A normal rate of hair growth is about 0.25–0.5 in (6–13 mm) per
month.
Morbidity and mortality rates
Major complications as a result of hair
transplantation are extremely rare. Occasionally, a person may have problems
with delayed healing, infection, scarring, or rejection of the graft; but these
are uncommon.
Alternatives
There are several alternatives to hair transplantation. The
two most common include lotions containing drugs and wigs. As of 2003, only
lotions containing Minoxidil or Finasteride actually grow any new hair. This
does not occur for all users. The new hair Minoxidil grows is usually only a
light fuzz on the crown of the head. When Minoxidil treatment is discontinued,
the fuzz disappears, in addition to any hairs that were supposed to die during
treatment. In some cases, Finasteride does grow thick, strong, long-growing hair
on the crown. Wigs and hairpieces have been used for centuries.They are
available in a wide price range, the more expensive ones providing more
realistic appearance than less expensive models.
See also Plastic, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgery.
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