There is usually some short-term redness, swelling and minor discomfort in the treated area, which may last for a few hours. Bruising to the area is less common, but if it does occur it can be easily covered by makeup.
Exceptionally, there is some downtime when it is used to treat the lower eyelids – here patients will experience some swelling for 36 hours. This can be hidden with sunglasses, but many will choose to spend time at home after they treat their lower lids. The results of i-PRF on the lower lids lasts about two years and can create a phenomenal outcome.
As i-PRF / PRP treatment uses your own blood cells, the risks of adverse reaction or complication are negligible.
In Dr. Paul’s Clinic, we use the latest technology to get the best quality of i-PRF from your blood.
The treatment will not be painful, rather described as minor discomfort due to the application a topical anesthetic to the skin before starting the treatment.
Usually no special maintenance is required for the newly transplanted hair. They can be easily washed, combed, oiled, cut and even styled according to one’s wishes. The only exception lies when and if any of the patients develop any sort of complications.
Leaving infants aside as an exception, the ideal age for going through a hair transplant procedure is usually 40 and above, just because this is the time when the baldness starts to sets in, and thus people can choose the right transplant for themselves. Moreover, this in no sense implies that people from other age brackets are not at all eligible for the hair transplant process. It is normally recommended to undergo the process only after a thorough consultation with a doctor who is a transplant expert
One may commonly think that it might take a long time for the result to come, and thus one may need to visit the clinic and get check up done quite often and also go for regular follow up. Although it is quite a long process, the number of doctor visits after surgery is usually limited to just a few in order to rule out any post operation complications.
At professional centers, it is recommended that the patient should visit the clinic the next day after procedure for removal of the bandage. In the exact same visit the doctor does the first head wash and show the patient the process of how to do the head wash for next few days. The general recommendation usually is that if a patient can visit the clinic then they should visit after two weeks days for the scab and also the crust removal, which is normally done by the doctor or one of his professional team members. All of the instructions are usually once again explained thoroughly.
The patient is advised to be in close contact with the clinic and if and whenever they might feel like or if they ever have any issues then they should visit the clinic or immediately contact the doctor over the phone.
Like every other medical procedure, treatments and therapies, the process of hair transplantation carries out a number of risks. Hair transplantation is quite a long procedure and the most important factor to be kept in mind is the fact that several transplantation sessions may be required within 1-2 years, depending on the total degree of the patient’s hair loss. A few complications like infections and some significant scaring may be seen although these are really very rare. After the completion of the operation, slight amount of pain that can be totally controlled by pain relievers, a sensation of little disturbance, some amount of light bruising and a bit of swelling may be observed. A slight bit of numbness may superficially occur in the areas from where the hair is taken or even in the areas where the hair has been transplanted and this recovers spontaneously within 2-3 months.
For the hair transplantation procedure to be successful the hair follicles must be vascularized properly and rapidly, that is they should rightly adhere within the area where the follicles are placed. If done by following the correct method, success rate of the hair transplantation treatment is quiet high. For achieving a natural look, the hair follicles should be transplanted to the recipient areas with a proper distance, maintaining a correct angle and obviously the correct density.
The FUE hair transplant process is mostly not very much associated with conditions like discomfort and is also much less painful. The patient can go home pretty much on the same day after the procedure (barring any kind of complications) but there may be a slight feeling of numbness or even tightness over the scalp area. There will be a bandage over the scalp, which will generally be taken out the very next day. At a professional center, first scalp wash is given by experts with the proper instructions about how to correctly wash the head at home. If you have already undergone the FUE Hair Transplant then you might not be usually having any bleeding issues. A patient may experience some itchiness or a slight tingling sensation, which can be further taken care by some prescribed medications. It would be the best suggested practice to follow as post operative instructions which are given to you by your doctor just in order to assure the best results and also to avoid any sort of complications. For a couple of days, you may be asked to lie down or sleep with your head kept elevated. This will help in preventing further swelling which is not unnatural to occur at times.
Both men and women belonging to all races can be good and suitable candidates for the hair transplant procedure.
To be chosen and considered for a hair transplant treatment, a person needs two things:
1. Enough amount of healthy hair on the patient’s scalp that can be easily transplanted to the area that needs new the hair follicles.
2. The physical ability to grow hair in the thinning area of the scalp During a consultation with your dermatologist, you can get to find out if you have got both. A consultation with the dermatologist will give you a proper and thorough scalp exam.
To ponder out why you are having hair loss, you may also require doing a blood test. This blood test can check for multiple things going on inside your body that may be the cause of your hair loss. Some of the patients require a procedure known as the scalp biopsy. The dermatologist can promptly and easily take what is required for the scalp biopsy during your visit for consultation.
If the test results show that you are a perfect candidate for a hair transplant treatment, then your dermatologist can discuss with you what results you may and may not expect. Expecting a full head of hair may be a bit unrealistic, but a much fuller head of hair, than the condition before surgery, can be the expectation goal.
The hair which has been transplanted from the donor site, shed within a few weeks. quickly following the transplantation process but this is quite a normal situation as the hair will grow back again on the newly transplanted site, 3-4 months later. After this period when the temporary shedding has recovered, all the transplanted hair follicles tend to preserve all their characteristics and they are not lost. However, it is to be kept in mind that the original hair in the exact same area may continue to get lost and a completely new hair transplantation process may be required to get planned depending on the rate of decrease in the density of the hair. Hair loss may continue to persist progressively even after the completion of the surgical procedure. If an unnatural look starts to appear especially within the new hair line region, an extra surgical procedure may again be required later just to fix the look.