Hundreds of people around the world seek daily hair transplantation after the impressive results it achieved during the last period of its ability to permanently treat the problems of baldness, alopecia and hair loss, but before deciding to perform the operation, enough time must be researched about the steps of the hair transplant process and its expected results. We review with you below the most important steps of the hair transplantation process that must take place during any process, the stages of hair transplantation, and the expected results of the process in order.

Hair transplant steps before the operation in Eylem clinic in turkey

Before undergoing a hair transplant, there are a number of transplant steps and stages that must be passed, the most important of which are:

• Detection and examination stage:

The doctor must first examine the patient and find out the type of problem, is it just hair loss or is there a suspicion of alopecia areata, or is it genetic baldness, and this session also helps in determining some things such as skin type and skin type, and for the same thing, the doctor usually asks for some Examinations of hair and scalp to determine the most appropriate transplant method.

The doctor must also know all the information about the patient, such as the general health status, and whether he suffers from a chronic or circulatory disease or not, and must know the medications he is taking and information about the history of hair loss from the beginning. Of course, the doctor does not neglect to set realistic perceptions of the expected result after the hair transplant procedure, which varies according to each case.

• Processing stage:

After the doctor confirms the patient’s health condition and does not suffer from any problem that may cause him to bleed or increase blood flow after the operation, the patient is prepared for the operation, by conducting some tests and analyzes that immediately precede the preparation for the operation, then the special room is prepared according to the latest standards and specifications Medical treatment, and then preparing the hair and scalp and washing them with special medical solutions.

• Front hairline drawing stage:

This stage is conceptual about the results that the patient will reach after the operation, and the doctor must do it and take the patient’s opinion in it, whether he agrees to identifying specific places to treat the problem of baldness or hair loss, and what is expected to be after the results of the operation appear And this planning is done with the pen so that the perception is completely clear, whether for doctors or patients.

Hair transplantation process steps

The role of implementing the steps of the actual hair transplantation process comes after agreeing on the expected results and after preparing the patient for the operation, and we can say that there are 4 main steps for the hair transplant process, namely: anesthetizing the patient, even partially, extracting the extraction units from the donor area, creating a place or several points For cultivation, which is called the receiving area, and finally the implantation of FUE units in the receiving area.

• First – the anesthesia stage

Natural hair transplantation is done under local anesthesia for either the donor area or the recipient area, and the doctor may need to boost the anesthesia dose with additional bupivacaine 0.25% in both areas of the scalp before the case comes out of the operating room, but there is no need to worry, this anesthesia is usually In order to ensure that the patient does not feel any pain, not even mild pain, after the operation.

• Second: The stage of extracting the follicles from the donor area

The doctor takes the task of extracting hair follicle units from the donor area, and that donor area is usually the back of the head, chest hair, or even back hair, and when making sure that the anesthetic flows through the patient’s body.

The doctor targets the hair follicles that have been previously identified in any of the donor areas that we mentioned above and that do not contain any small or damaged follicles in the future. It is mentioned that the follicles suitable for picking are selected according to their purpose and the extent of the need of the receiving area for these follicles. These follicles must be strong, long and stimulated if they are also dense.

Follicles that contain 2-3 hairs are targeted in most cases, in order to be able to fill the areas that need to fill in large spaces in the scalp such as the front crown area, behind the front line of hair and the famous baldness area.

Some specialist doctors believe that the follicles that contain only one or two hairs are suitable for planning the front line of the hair; Because these individual follicles help the doctor to accurately design the line and give it a more natural appearance.

During the stage of picking the follicles, the doctor sorts these follicles according to their size, as we have previously explained, as well as on the basis of their efficiency and suitability for the areas concerned with transplantation, where the best follicles are the best ones to be implanted in the crown line and the front of the head.

The follicles extracted from the donor area are kept in a special liquid called “Hypothermosol”, and this step is one of the most important stages of hair transplantation, as this fluid gives the follicles vitality and activity until they are taken again for cultivation. This fluid also preserves the vital substances and growth factors in the follicles and protects them from damage due to External factors such as heat and humidity.

After that, the doctor bandages the areas from which the follicles were extracted, whether they are in the scalp or anywhere else in the body, and disinfects them in preparation for use in the next stage.

• Third: The stage of opening the receiving channels

All specialists know that this step is one of the most important stages of hair transplantation, where incubator channels for new follicles are opened in the affected areas, such as those suffering from light hair or baldness, and we can describe them simply as those gaps in which the new follicles settle and have certain specifications such as the appropriate direction to open, The specified depth and area.

There are some modern techniques that doctors rely on in how to transplant hair to obtain the basic and ideal specifications for opening those channels so that they are completely similar to the original channels for falling hair, including the OSL channel technique. As well as the angle of new hair growth.

• Fourth: The stage of implanting the follicles in the receiving area

This is the last stage of the hair transplantation process, where the doctor has developed a prior plan to distribute the new follicles to the receiving areas that suffer from baldness or thinning hair, and this plan depends on the required hair density and the places that will receive the new follicles as previously explained.

The transplanted hair follicles are implanted in stages, so that each stage is targeted to a specific area of ​​the scalp. For example, the distribution of the follicles in the crown area is different from their distribution in the frontal area and the front line of the hair in terms of direction and density.

There is no doubt that this stage needs extreme precision, as the follicles must be planted in the appropriate direction and depth according to the nature of each cleanser, so that it grows exactly like the patient’s original hair. Here, relying on the transplantation technique is better and more accurate in its results.

After the transplantation of all hair follicles, the patient is waited until he wakes up from the anesthesia, and the matter only needs to rest for an hour, then he can leave the hospital or center and return to his life normally, with continued follow-up with the doctor according to a schedule to be agreed upon.

Hair transplant results

After the complete steps of hair transplantation are completed, each patient begins to wait for the results of the hair transplant process to appear to be sure of the success of his process, but the thing that must be taken into account is that these results do not appear quickly, but rather it needs to wait and not worry.

The attending physician must explain to the patient when the result of the hair transplantation process will appear and what the expected results are precisely so as not to be disappointed when he does not notice the appearance of the expected results quickly. In fact, at first, all the hair that was transplanted during the operation must fall in preparation for the germination of new hairs in the same areas. The results of natural hair transplantation are as follows:

The first week: The patient must be very careful in dealing with the scalp after the procedure. He does not use shampoo or any kind of detergent with it. The patient must also sleep in a position that does not clog the pores that were transplanted, unlike a number of other instructions recommended by the doctor during the period. The first of the operation to reduce the effects of swelling or redness resulting from the implantation process.

The second week: The patient notices the gradual disappearance of swelling and redness from the place of hair transplantation during the second week of the operation, but some crusts will appear instead of them, and this is a prelude to the beginning of the hair loss implanted in the receiving area, which is the period during which care must be taken to moisturize that area with some preparations prescribed by the doctor.

 The third week: During the third week, the hairs that were transplanted will fall out, but there is no need to worry, this is normal, and it is a prelude to a new phase of the emergence of new, healthy and denser hair. By the end of the fourth week, all of the old hairs should have fallen out.

The second month: During the second month of the operation, the patient notices that he has returned to his first appearance and that the areas that were suffering from light hair or baldness have returned to what they were before the operation after losing the transplanted hair from them, but in fact it is only then that the scalp is ready to germinate new follicles After you have taken a rest period for the hair roots before they return and grow again stronger than the first hairs that fell.

 During the third and fourth months: the new hair gradually begins to appear in the transplanted area, and the new follicles are still small, but the results herald the beginning of the emergence of new healthy hairs, which were expected, even if their shape was highly refined and thin.

The fifth and sixth months: The hair growth rate during the fifth and sixth months in most cases does not exceed 20% of the transplanted hair, but there is no need to worry, these are normal rates and are not considered late, so that doctors consider the sixth month of the transplant procedure to be the actual time for the beginning of the first appearance A tangible and satisfactory result for their patients.

 The seventh, eighth and ninth months: During the three months, the patient notices that the hair in the transplanted area grows better than before until it becomes more dense and long and becomes capable of demobilization after it was just short and not thick hair. The most time when the results of hair transplantation appear before and after.

 From the ninth month to the twelfth month: the hair transplantation process has achieved the desired results with rates exceeding 85% in most cases, and the new hair has appeared almost completely and covered the transplanted area and can be demobilized, washed and dealt with completely naturally, as for the rest of the results The operation is achieved during the first months of the second year of the operation and there is no need to worry about it.