What is Hair Transplant?

Hair Transplant is the scientifically proven technique for regaining own growing hair in the bald area. It is absolutely maintenance free and permanent solution to baldness. The outcome of a successful hair transplant aesthetically changes the look of a bald person. It is often said that one looks many years younger than the actual age.

Hair Transplant is a cosmetic surgical technique that involves the extraction of healthy hair grafts from one part of the body called donor site and transplanting those into the bald area called recipient site. After the successful completion of the procedure, newly transplanted hair starts growing in a natural way and finally covers the bald region in 10 to 12 months time.

The Doctor plays the most important role in giving you a successful hair transplant. Since it is a cosmetic surgery, plastic and cosmetic surgeons should be the first choice before selecting your hair transplant surgeon. Apart from the qualification, it is necessary to check the surgeon’s experience and skill in hair transplant.

Medispa Hair Transplant Centre in Dubai is the one stop destination for fresh hair transplant or for corrective and revision hair transplant. It is known as a specialized hair transplant clinic in UAE. A board certified plastic and cosmetic surgeon Dr.Suneet Soni leads the centre. Dr. Soni does not need any introduction. He is probably the only doctor in the world who has successfully led and carried out over five thousand hair transplant surgeries without a single failure. He believes that hair transplant is done for aesthetic beauty and therefore a doctor’s sense of artistry is an important addition to specialized qualification and expertise in cosmetic surgery.

Dr. Suneet Soni, with a vast experience of many years in hair transplant, having handled tough cases of revision hair transplant, has ranked in the list of world top doctors of hair transplant. It is the result of the best endeavors put by Doctor Suneet Soni that today Medispa Hair Transplant Centre has become one of the major hubs of hair transplant from the Middle East.

Who can be benefitted by hair transplant?

• Men suffering from male pattern baldness.
• Women suffering from thinning hair.
• Anyone who has lost some hair from an injury or burn.

Who should not opt for hair transplant?

• Any person suffering from uncontrolled high blood sugar.
• Women with an extensive pattern of hair loss all over the scalp.
• People who don’t have the sufficient safe donor zone.
• People who have keloid scars (thick, fibrous scars) after injury or surgery.
• People whose hair losses are due to medication such as chemotherapy.

Phases of hair transplant procedure

Phase-I Consultation The very first phase of the procedure is one to one consultation. During this phase, the doctor interacts with patients and tries to find out about the expectation of the patient. The very first evaluation is the “number of grafts” needed to cover the bald area and the second is the possible availability of required number of grafts in the safe donor area.  It is also the phase where doctor/surgeon examines hair quality, density of donor area and area of open recipient (bald) area. This check gives him an idea to choose hair transplant technique, which can give the best result. Under joint approval between patient and doctor, the procedure is planned.

Phase-II Hairline Design – At the beginning of the procedure, the bald area is measured and marked. Then the hairline is drawn. Hairline design needs a lot of experience and vision. If this design is not perfect, then the outcome of the transplant will be aesthetically bad.

Doctor Suneet Soni says that just as no two faces are ever alike, no two hairlines should ever be the same. Natural appearing hairlines inevitably will enhance the appearance of an individual, but it requires great artistic skills along with a strong vision.

Phase-III Harvesting of grafts This is the phase where grafts are harvested for transplant. Harvesting process is different in FUE and FUT techniques. In FUE, individual follicular unit is removed with a very small cylindrical punch and the harvested grafts are placed into slits one by one. But in FUT technique, which is also known as strip method, a linear, elliptical strip of the tissue is removed from the safe donor region and is closed with trichophytic closure. This strip is sent to the graft cutting room for graft preparation for cleaning and separating.

With the strip technique, the doctor can harvest higher number of grafts from the donor region as compared to FUE. But this extraction depends upon the patient’s hair density, scalp elasticity, and the length of the donor region.

Phase- III Preparation of grafts It is the most important phase in the strip method of hair transplant. In the section of a donor strip, hair grows in groups of 1, 2, 3, or 4, which are called follicular units. In this phase of graft preparation, technicians carefully dissect the donor strip, using stereoscopic microscopes, into “slivers” that are one follicular unit wide. This division and separation of grafts are done on the basis of number of follicles. Follicular units (grafts) holding 1 to 4 follicles are separated. This requires great skill, manual dexterity, specialized training and experience.

At Medispa Hair Transplant Centre, the graft preparation room is highly modernized. Several microscopes attached with LCD screens enlarge the vision by 20 times to 200 times. Technicians clean and separate each graft follicular strand wise in the presence of the leading doctor, who keeps a strong and a strict vigil on each monitor.

 Grafts, under the large magnification, are handled properly and therefore saved from any damage. At Medispa Hair Transplant Centre, the damage rate of grafts is less than one percent.

Phase-IV Lateral slit making – Doctor Suneet Soni is a pioneer in making lateral slits. The lateral slit technique provides natural results, resembling the natural hairstyle.

The lateral slit technique is used for the placement and distribution of hair graft the way it appears naturally. It is the time when space for proper hair distribution with maximum density is made. Here the angle, direction and depth of transplanted hair is planned and made. The beauty of the lateral slit technique is to give a natural style of hair growth, which finally looks aesthetically good. At the time of making lateral slits, the main task that is kept in mind is, that every slit must be parallel to the direction of the original hair growth.

It is the most challenging phases where the artistic expertise of the surgeon has to play its role. A small mistake can turn the entire exercise into a waste. Therefore, it is always advisable to choose an expert and experienced surgeon with an artistic hand, for the transplant.

At Medispa Hair Transplant Centre, Doctor Suneet Soni personally performs this task. He believes that any mistake in this phase will be fatal. If angle, direction and depth of the grafts are not accurate, then the new hair will not give a natural look. So the purpose of hair transplant, that is, to look aesthetically good, is badly defeated.

Phase-V Placing of the grafts in the slit

After cleaning, the harvested grafts are placed in these holes.  In the front, grafts with single follicles are placed and then slowly, grafts with double and triple follicles are placed in the crown to build up hair density. This phase is completed as per the design and the distribution markings made by the hair transplant surgeon.  After completion of all the phases, the transplanted area is lightly covered for 24 to 48 hours. 

Phase-VI Post OP- Plan

The surgeon decides the date of the first head wash and the patient is trained with the technique of head wash for coming days. After 5 to 7 days of the procedure, the patient is allowed to perform all normal day-to-day activities.

With the advancement of science, the hair transplant procedure is almost painless and fully maintenance free. The only condition necessary for a successful hair transplant is the expertise of the doctor. If the doctor is a professionally qualified surgeon, with good experience, assisted by a trained assisting team, then the chances of failure are rare.