What Is A Hair Transplant?
Losing your hair, while common, can be distressing. If nonsurgical treatments are not enough to slow or stop your hair loss, it could be time to think about hair surgery. Dr. Shail Singh performs hair transplants for San Jose and El Dorado Hills, CA patients who want thicker, fuller hair. Hair transplant surgery is minimally invasive and uses innovative technology to remove and then place individual follicles with precision. We choose the best donor follicles from the back part of your head and then implant them where they’re wanted. Dr. Singh utilizes a special device to carefully put each follicle graft so your results appear and feel healthy. If you have advanced hair thinning or bald spots, schedule a consultation at Excel Regenerative Medicine to learn more about hair transplant surgery.
What Happens In A Hair Transplant?
Your transplant procedure will be performed at our San Jose and El Dorado Hills, CA office using a local anesthetic on your scalp. An oral sedative could be added to help keep you calm throughout the procedure. During your consultation, Dr. Singh will talk to you about what to expect during your procedure, including how long it will take. When you are prepared, Dr. Singh and his staff will start the process. While they operate, you will be able to relax and listen to music or watch TV.
Your donor follicles will generally be taken from the back part of your head since this is an area where hair growth is constant. For moderate to large grafts, the back and sides of your scalp might have to be shaved. For smaller cases (less than 1,000 –1,200 grafts), you may only have to get a little strip of hair shaved that will be covered by the hair over it. The donor hair is removed in follicular units, typically about 1 – 4 hairs. The hair removal procedure is randomized so that the hair around the extracted follicles will grow back and then camouflage the follicles that are extracted. The transplanted area is going to be planned by Dr. Singh based on the depth, angle, orientation, and density of your scalp to give you natural-looking outcomes.