Contact our Chicago, Illinois hair transplantation and restoration surgeon to schedule a consultation for follicular or multi-follicular unit grafting.
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State-of-the-art techniques in hair loss treatment are making it possible for hair transplants to provide thick, dense new hairlines that regrow themselves, as if the hair was never lost in the first place. Our Chicago, Illinois hair transplantation and hair restoration surgeon performs follicular and multi-follicular unit grafting and transplantation for both men and women suffering from pattern baldness and thinning hair. This surgical hair restoration method requires meticulous skill and precision in order to achieve a natural-appearing regrowth of hair; and Dr. Marc A. Pomerantz has just the experience and talent necessary to produce successful results and a beautifully restored hairline.
We have been doing follicular unit grafting at our Chicago, Illinois hair transplantation and hair replacement practice for a long time, before the term was even coined. It is Dr. Pomerantz's strong sense that our careful attention to detail in dissecting individual follicular unit grafts and in handling those grafts before and during implantation is responsible for the rapid growth of hair that we usually see. Although medical literature often warns that the transplanted hairs will fall out at some point, many of our hair loss treatment patients find that the majority of transplanted hairs do not.
Please contact our Chicago, Illinois hair restoration surgeon to schedule a consultation for follicular unit hair transplantation.
There is a lot of confusion about the concept of follicular units. It goes back to basic anatomy. At the base of each hair, there is a fine network of microscopic capillaries and nerves that surrounds the follicle. Many hairs grow in small groups of two, three, or even six hairs. Each group of follicles is surrounded by a super net of capillaries and nerves. In follicular unit grafting hair loss treatment, individual follicular units are dissected free from the donor material under very high magnification.
The crucial part of this step of the procedure is to preserve the fine networks of nerves and capillaries. The most important factor in hair transplantation is to reestablish blood circulation to the follicles a quickly as possible. When the follicles are removed from the donor area, they lose their blood supply. Hair follicles have a very high metabolic rate, much higher than the metabolic rate of most tissues. This makes them very susceptible to toxins like radiation or chemotherapy.
During hair loss treatment, grafts are inserted into recipient sites, but they have no circulation and they must receive nourishment by osmosis from the tissue fluid between the cells. This is a very inefficient method of transferring nutrients. The sooner that circulation to the capillaries can be reestablished, the sooner hair growth can resume. It takes three to four days after hair transplantation surgery for capillaries from the surrounding tissue to invade the grafts. If the capillary nets around the follicles are intact, re-connection between the nets and the invading capillaries occurs more quickly. In addition to precise dissection of the capillaries from the donor tissue, the handling of the grafts between harvesting and re-implantation is essential. Hair follicle cells are very sensitive to drying, so they must be kept moist with sterile saline solution. Chilling the follicles slows their metabolism and prolongs their survival just as it does for other types of tissue transplants.
The next step in follicular unit grafting from our Chicago, Illinois hair transplantation surgeon is readying the scalp for the transplanted units. Dr. Pomerantz will make small incisions along the scalp and place the transplants, creating a natural-appearing hairline and making it possible for the follicular units to start growing on their own. He will take extreme care in the placement of each unit, ensuring that the hair grows as evenly as possible in each area of transplantation.
Patients should expect a fairly rapid recovery from follicular unit hair transplantation. Incisions from the donor areas and the transplant areas themselves will exhibit some scabbing after the procedure, but should heal quickly. Initial hair loss from the transplanted units should be expected in the weeks following the procedure; however, the hair will begin to grow normally after several months. Although it takes time for the final results to become apparent, patients who have hair transplantation performed by our Chicago, Illinois hair restoration surgeon are typically highly satisfied with the ultimate outcome.
Multi-follicular unit grafting for hair transplantation is performed much in the same way as follicular unit grafting; however, where follicular unit grafting traditionally uses one to three hairs at a time for transplantation, multi-follicular unit grafting uses four to five. This can often help with attaining greater hair density once the hairs start to regrow. The benefits of performing multi-follicular unit grafting will depend on your individual hair and scalp type; it may be more advantageous for some patients to have follicular unit transplantation alone, or a combination of both follicular and multi-follicular unit transplantation.
Dr. Pomerantz will explain each procedure in detail with you at your initial consultation, and after a thorough examination, will decide whether multi-follicular unit transplantation will of benefit to you. When considering hair transplant doctors to restore your hairline, Dr. Marc A. Pomerantz is committed to meeting your expectations.
Follicular and multi-follicular unit hair transplantation is revolutionizing the field of hair loss treatment; giving patients restored hair that grows on its own to form a beautiful, natural-appearing hairline. For effective baldness treatment results, please contact our Chicago, Illinois hair transplantation and hair restoration surgeon today for more information on this innovative procedure, or to schedule a consultation with Dr. Marc A. Pomerantz.