Growing back lost hair is a decision that may change your life.

Nowadays, for a man, losing his hair represents losing both, youth and personal image. That’s why is not surprising that replacement is the most common procedure for men.

Historically, hair has always represented strength and seduction. When there is a part of our body that doesn’t make us feel comfortable, we want to change it. Today, there are many options for treating hair lost: medical treatments, oral and local therapeutic agents and plastic surgery.

WHY IS BODY IMAGE –NOW- MORE VALUED?  
One of the main reasons is we live longer. By the beginning of the 20th century, a 50 year old person was considerer old. Today, we are living more that 80 years, so is natural that we want to live those extra 30 years the best way possible, taking care of our health and our looks.

“Hair Implant”, is the implanting of hair that was taken from a donor area where the amount and quality of hair is good enough, on a receiving area where hair is weak and falls.

This technique was developed and improved year after year until its results were natural. After a medical test, the surgery is simple, and can be done using local anesthesia or a combination of anesthesia and sedation.

The procedure is done by a surgical team trained to achieve the best result. It doesn’t require hospitalization, so it can be done in an ambulatory way. If it’s necessary, the patient will use bandages for some days and will we able to go back to a normal life shortly.

Recovery is not painful, and usually controlled by the surgical team. The new hair will grow the same way it did in it’s original area, because of a different genetic information, and will not fall the way the one from the receiving area does. The new hair, works just like the old one, can be cut, washed and also dyed. The name of this pathology is androgenetic alopecia, and because of it, the patient will lose most of his hair, but this surgery is a procedure that can be done when ever the patient is willing to have it.

Barrancas Medical Center offers an interdisciplinary team of plastic and dermatological surgeons with more than 35 years of experience studying and treating male and female baldness.

THE SURGERY
During the first appointment, your surgeon will study your baldness patron and will provide you with all the information you need regarding the surgery, the techniques and the results.

The method consists in removing a strip from the back of the patient’s head, this are does not have DHT receptors, so this hair is permanent and does not fall. The grafts are then re located in hairless areas.

The intervention is done using local anesthesia and with no need for hospitalization, so the patient can go home the very same day of the surgery. The out come has a totally natural looks and since it was done using the patient’s own hair, lasts a life time.

Cares during recovery are simple. The patient will feel almost no discomfort at all and will be able to go back to his social life in no time.

Depending on the type baldness the patient has, more that one intervention might be needed.

Procedure: Fill in balding areas with a patients own hair using a variety of techniques including scalp reduction, tissue expansion, strip grafts, scalp flaps, or clusters of punch grafts (plugs, miniplugs, and microplugs). Works best on men with male pattern baldness after hair loss has stopped.

Length: Between 1 to 3 hours.

Anesthesia: Usually local with sedation. Flaps and tissue expansion may be done with general anesthesia.

Hospitalization: Usually outpatient.

Recovery: Patients are usually back to work after 2 to 5 days. Exercising will have to wait between 10 days to 3 weeks.

YOUR NEW IMAGE
Micro-grafting surgery is the only effective surgery for the conclusive treatment of female and male baldness.

You will be satisfied with the results ad with having pole around, improving your life style and life quality. Looking better is your decision.

Link: Why do we lose hair?

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