With advances in technology, options are now available for candidates who were once refused transplantations due to extensive hair loss. This varies with each patient, depending on the extensiveness of hair loss. One hundred to 800 grafts of various sizes can be transplanted at each session, which takes up to three hours to complete. If more than one session is required, we typically schedule patients to come back for their second session in three months. Unlike topical treatments in which the user must apply the treatment on an ongoing basis for hair growth to continue, transplanted hair lasts a lifetime.
Hair transplantation is relatively painless.
Patients remain fully alert throughout the surgery and can usually return to work within 24 hours. Mild discomfort may occur after the procedure when the anesthesia wears off. This is easily remedied with a mild analgesic. With any surgical procedure, there is some risk involved. Fortunately, complications are rare and can usually be avoided with adherence to the pre-operative instructions and a thorough medical review of all patients.