How to Do Painless Hair Transplant?

People considering for hair transplantation surgery has gone several times for hair transplantation videos in the internet. Though it helps to visualize and set up your mind but experiencing the surgery in reality is a completely different experience.

 

And every individual planning to undergo hair transplant surgery must have at least wondered once the question “Is the surgery painful?” To get a clear understanding of hair transplant in Kolkata and the doubt that comes to the mind of every individual, stay till the end of the blog.

 

FUE technique: The most comfortable hair transplant method.

FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction)technique involves extraction of the individual hair follicles from the donor area using a punch of 0.8mm to 1mm diameter. The follicles are then inserted to the affected area. This method of hair transplant is generally opted for the patients requiring lesser number of grafts. This method doesn’t leave any linear scar but tiny dots in the scalp from where the donor grafts are extracted.

As FUE consists of least involvement of surgical incision it is considered to be the process causing the least discomfort to the patient. The only procedure that can be compared to FUE is the FUT method of transplant which involves extracting a strip from the back of the scalp (the donor area) and then dissecting it into individual grafts which are then inserted into the affected area.

The major objective of this advancement is to perform the surgery in a much precise manner and the patient should feel the least pain and discomfort while going through it. In a FUE procedure there are two fundamental area where minor surgical activity is needed.

The process of harvesting individual follicular grafts from the donor area with the aid of micro motors.

Creation of recipient sites for graft placement.

Both of the processes need the administration of anaesthesia.

 

Harvesting Grafts

This process involves extraction of hair follicles using micro motor and micro punch tips. The separation of hair grafts from the surrounding tissues is generally carried out by sharp punch.  In the process local anaesthesia is used for the comfort of the patient. Also the rotational speed of the punch is minimized and the surgical grade steel are used for the punches to ensure least discomfort of the patient. An indicator of a quality hair transplant clinic, is the quality contained within the equipment that is used. Unfortunately, it may not be that easy to understand this during the operation. You will, however, be able to evaluate the quality of the clinic during the postoperative phase.

 

Transplantation

Before placing the grafts two important things need to be done. First is to make the recipient area ready for the implant. Second is to load the grafts in the front part of the choi needle that is used to implant the follicles in the area. The creation of the recipient site and implantation of the grafts need to happen simultaneously.

 

The need for anaesthesia in hair transplantation

The usage of anaesthetic agent prior to the two processes in mandatory. The active ingredient in the anaesthetic agent makes the area numb and the patient doesn’t get to feel the discomfort or pain while the incisions are made.

To carry out the process local anaesthesia is used which is administered by needle-free jet injection or the traditional injection technique, which makes the particular portion numb where surgery is to be performed. General anaesthesia or regional anaesthesia is never used in this process. While injecting the anaesthesia a slight pain is felt by the patient similar to an ant-sting.

 

Other Factors That Make a Hair Transplant Procedure Pain-Free

Using a micromotor that rotates at a low speed during the extraction process.

Using a micro motor featuring small cylindrical needles (punches) that are made of high-quality surgical steel grade.

Renewal of the cylindrical needles that are used during the extraction process before the punch becomes blunt due to excessive usage.

Utilization of special sapphire blades instead of steel blades during the process of creating incisions within the recipient site.

Having the wound-dressings, which will be done shortly after the operation as well as the following day, carried out by health-care professionals,are other factors that can affect the overall comfort of the operation.