Hair loss

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Most patients can do light walking even 2-3 days after the procedure. More aerobic exercise requires 7-10 days post procedure.

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Using the newer automated follicular unit extraction system, the donor site scar is not very perceptible at all. The technology involves using an extractor that is smaller than 1mm in diameter to harvest hair grafts under local anesthesia. Unlike the older/traditional strip method, no linear scar is ever seen. Stitching and staples are not necessary.

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Hair transplant surgery is usually performed by facial plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and plastic surgeons. In some states, physicians from other specialties perform this surgery. It is important to research their surgical training and experience as well as types of hair transplant surgery that are offered.

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There will be minimal crusting in the recipient site. These will fall off on its own. It’s important not to pick them. Most patients are able to shampoo within 6-7 days post procedure, use hair products and return to aerobic exercises within 10-14 days. The implanted hair will start to grow in 6-8 months and up to 14 months.

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Good candidates for hair transplant surgery include:
•    Men and women who have been losing their hair due to genetic hair loss for more than five years
•    Men who have been balding for many years and who's pattern of loss has stabilized
•    Men and women who have lost hair due to trauma or burns.
•    Men and women who have lost hair or who’s hairlines were raised due to other cosmetic procedures such as face-lifts and brow lifts.
•    Women with stable donor hair who exhibit more of a male pattern, than a female diffuse unpatterned hair loss.

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Crusts that form after a hair transplant procedure are common and can be expected for the first few days up to a week. Crusts are usually from small amounts of bleeding that occur during actual graft implant stage of the procedure. On a rare occasion, it can be sign of infection or poor healing grafts if persists.