| People are always conscious of their | | | | of microscope the use of single blade has |
| appearance. No one prefers a bald head so | | | | gained much acceptance. After the completion |
| modern technology has introduced different | | | | of slicing of strips, the next hair |
| methods of hair transplant The success of | | | | transplant procedure consists of dissecting |
| hair transplant surgery depends upon the type | | | | of these silvers into categories of grafts |
| of hair transplantation procedure one adopts | | | | again with the use of dissection microscope. |
| during hair restoration surgery. | | | | |
| | | | In case of dissection of one haired |
| Gradually hair transplant has taken a new | | | | follicular unit it is called follicular unit |
| turn in the span of time with single | | | | graft, in case of two haired it is called |
| follicular hair being the standard unit of | | | | micro-graft, in case of three haired |
| hair transplant surgery. The hair transplant | | | | follicular units it is called mini-graft. |
| procedure has now become standardized. A long | | | | |
| string of hair transplant starts with the | | | | Making slits on the recipient site is the |
| harvesting of donor´s hair. It begins with | | | | next procedure after micro-grafts and |
| the excision of 1cm and 20cm long strip of | | | | mini-grafts and follicular unit. This is one |
| hair from donor site. The strip is tapering | | | | of the most important procedures. The natural |
| at end to facilitate easy removal. | | | | direction of the hair plays an important role |
| | | | in the surgery. The size of the slit is also |
| The dissection of strips is the next step. | | | | of immense importance. The size of slit and |
| After the strip is excised from the donor | | | | size of graft to be transplanted should be |
| site it is handed over to the surgical | | | | same. Different sizes of blades are used for |
| assistants. Then he cuts the strip into many | | | | different kinds and sizes of follicular units |
| fine strips with the use of stereoscopic | | | | and groups of follicles. |
| microscope. This process of transplantation | | | | |
| of donor strips into many strips is | | | | Laser hair transplant is another method. It |
| technology termed as silvering. | | | | has proved to give much natural results. In |
| | | | this process a laser beam is used to vaporize |
| Earlier most of the hair restoration surgeons | | | | a narrow slot in scalp for implanting hair |
| used to take help of multi blade knife for | | | | graft. It is capable of transplanting |
| cutting the strip into silvers. However after | | | | hundreds of graft dramatically and thus also |
| the introduction of stereoscopic dissection | | | | reduces the time of hair transplant surgery. |