What is The Success Rate Of Hair Transplantation?

by Andrew Martin Health Consultant

When one opt for a cosmetic procedure people often gets worried about how successful the results be. It is normal to worry after spending ample amount whether the successful results are delivered or not.

So if you are thinking about the same thing you are not wrong it’s obvious to consider the success rate…

Cosmetics surgeries have now become very popular and now being opted by not only the celebrities but also by the commoners. This could be due to increasing aesthetic sense and importance of looks to step ahead in both personal and professional life. Balding is a global problem of both men and women and affects psychological status negatively. Everyone usually wants to get rid of this problem and thus hair transplant cosmetic surgeries are growing demands exponentially.

What is hair transplant?

It is a cosmetic minimally invasive surgical procedure which is intended to cover the bald areas on scalp and face including beard, moustache, eyebrows and eyelashes. The surgical procedure includes harvesting of hair follicles from the donor area which is selected based on the hair density preferably the back and side of the scalp (occipital area) or body hairs. These harvested hairs are then transplanted to the desired recipient bald site.

This procedure is often mistaken as regenerative procedure which is not so. One should be clear with the fact beforehand that this procedure is purely restorative and just replace the hair follicles from higher dense areas to the recipient bald area.

The procedure delivers permanent results but does not cease or stop further progression of hair loss from the existing natural hairs lying adjacent to the transplanted hairs. But yes, your transplanted hairs would stay for life.

Including, the success of the hair transplant cosmetic surgery could not be assessed immediately after the surgery. You need to wait for approximately 9-12 months for the results to be appreciable but the results are worth waiting for.

There are 2 primary techniques to perform hair transplant including:

1. FUT hair transplant (Follicular unit transplantation or strip technique): FUT technique involves the harvesting of a strip from the back and side of the head which is then further dissected to separate individual graft along with adequate amount of surrounding tissues. These separated grafts are then carefully transplanted at the desired bald recipient site.

2. FUE hair transplant (Follicular unit extraction): FUE hair transplant technique involves extraction of individual grafts from the scalp with the help of punch like surgical device under high magnification. These extracted grafts are then implanted at the recipient site after preparation of recipient site by slitting.

Each graft harvesting technique has their individual pros and cons based on which they is selected for patients. The decision of technique depends on the extent of baldness, age of the patient, gender of the patient, number of grafts available/required and quality and quantity of hair follicles at the donor area.

Hair transplant success rate:

The success rate usually varies with the particular case which is decided by the hair transplant surgeon during the primary consultation. That’s when the surgeon will clearly explain the realistic expectations you can have with the procedure as per your condition. There are many factors considered to ensure the success of the hair transplant including age, extent of baldness, reason of baldness and region of baldness involved. The hair density is thoroughly checked to assure the success of the procedure.

Thus after careful observation and diagnosis if the situation looked feasible then the success rate could be allocated. The success rate of hair transplant varies from 95-100% in Medispa hair transplant clinic.

If the success rate is not worthy, we clearly inform the patient about what they can expect and inform them to either wait for the condition to be stabilised or avoid undergoing the procedure.

Success of hair transplant by FUT technique: Each step of FUT technique is performed under high magnification which ensures negligible damage of hair follicles. This technique offers higher success rate as offers provision of higher number of follicular grafts extraction and covering larger bald area. The chance of damage to hair follicles is less as the harvesting of hair follicles is done under proper magnified vision.

Success of hair transplant by FUE technique: FUE technique employs blind extraction of hair follicles by punching underlying scalp tissue to retrieve individual grafts. Thus this procedure has more chances of damage to hair follicles especially with wavy or curly hairs.

Medispa clinic for hair transplant in India is among those few centres who deliver assured successful results to each patient. We maintain world class standard at an affordable hair transplant cost in India. Dr Suneet soni (MCh Plastic surgery) is forerunner in the world of hair transplant in delivering the best possible outcome. His surgical skills and artistic vision is astounding which successfully delivers the best natural results.

Thousands of patients have received happy smiles with the excellent results and thousands more are pending to achieve their life changing experience of hair transplant.

Why to wait and bear embarrassment of bald head if you can flaunt natural looking hairs with hair transplant.