Hair transplant
Male seborrheic alopecia is the most frequent kind of alopecia.
Hair loss begins most often at the temples exposing the temporal cavities and progressing towards the back of the head.
Sometimes the alopecia appears first in the occipital area (bald spot) and progresses towards the front.
Hair loss can be premature and extreme or, on the contrary, can begin slowly and progress over several years.
The plastic surgeon takes into consideration all these different elements, such as topography, progressive nature,
and psychological profile, in order to propose one or several techniques that have been shown to be effective in the correction of hair loss.
The different techniques are:
Hair Transplant
Hair transplant remains the surgery with the most satisfying result and the most used. Important progress has been made.
Bald Spot Reduction
Bald spot reduction shrinks the size of the alopecic area and can be done under local anesthesia. By reducing the bald area, it facilitates a subsequent hair transplant procedure which will then be performed on a smaller surface.
Hair Transplant Grafts
The function of the grafts is to transpose a strip of scalp onto a hairless area. The necessity of using strips of scalp has markedly diminished due the progress made in hair transplants.
Tissue expansion technique:
Its principle is to first stretch the hairy zone, to increase its surface in order to allow it to cover the bald area. This surgery is also rarely performed.
Hair transplants
Hair transplants are actually micro-transplantation of hair capillaries. Performed under general anesthesia, it concerns removing a narrow band of hair from the base of the crown at the back of the head, leaving only a very small scar. This band is then cut into segments, called micro-transplant, measuring between one and 1.5 millimeters. Each segment is composed of one to 3 hairs. This implantation produces an esthetic and natural hair distribution.
This technique represents an improvement over the circular, fusiform transplants that were taken from the occipital area which, although they transplanted more hair, were less natural in appearance.
Hair micro-implantation has become the most frequently used and satisfactory method used to correct alopecia.
This surgery, performed under local anesthesia, does not require hospitalization and is conducted as an outpatient procedure. The sutures around the area where scalp is removed are absorbable and no bandage is necessary after the operation. Normal activity is possible the next day or within 48 hours.
Indications are a based on age, hereditary details, bald spot evolution, and a preliminary clinical and biological examination.
It should be noted that hair regrowth is visible at the end of three months following the surgery, on the average, and is of good quality and long-lasting. As a general rule, two capillary micro-transplantation sessions assure a noticeable result with respect to density and appearance. It may be useful in certain cases to perform follow-up “finishing” sessions to perfect the results.
This surgery is often performed for the quality of its results as well as for the ease of execution.
Other techniques are called for less often.
