Hair transplantation is an aesthetic surgical operation, intended to cover the area of ​​baldness in the patient or to give more density between the existing hair.
This operation consists of extracting hair from the area behind the head, especially the sides above the ears and at the bottom of the head, and implanting them in the empty area. As the hair can be extracted from other areas such as the chest, the beard, etc. It depends on the clinic and the way specified by the doctor.
There are quite a few clinics that use hair from other parts of the body to cover as much as possible, and there are others that do not prefer to use other grafts than grafts from the back of the head because the hair from the torso or the beard is not the same as that of the head, and it can cause the loss of these grafts after a period.
Every Doctor prefers and follows a method, but with only one goal which is to cover the area of ​​baldness in patients.

Why is the area behind the head more suitable for extracting hair?

As we have sited the donor area is located at the back of the skull, this area is the most difficult area to lose, hair loss often starts from the forehead or the crown area, but the back area always resists and remains very often active.
When talking about hair loss, most people think that it’s just men who suffer from this problem, but, indeed, this hair loss problem affects women too. But the percentage of men who have hair loss is a bit higher than that of women.
In the world, 50 percent of women suffer from hair loss, and 60 percent for men, it’s not a big difference but the severity of hair loss is still too high for men than for women.
Hair transplantation is an old operation, which was performed for the first time in 1939 in Japan, then until now, this operation has developed well with its methods and manner, at first it was a very painful surgery and not guaranteed, but after several years, and with the renewal and the discovery of new methods, hair transplantation has become an easy, painless operation, and well guaranteed with a high percentage of success.

What can cause hair loss?

-stress
-Diseases
-Diet
– hormones not stabilized
– medicines
-genetic factors
– Accidents, such as burns

Who is the person who is not suitable for hair transplantation?

– Patients with weak and unhealthy donor area
-Patients who have scars after an operation or an accident such as burns
– Patients who have lost their hair due to medications and especially if they continue to take them, such as chemotherapy.
The hair transplant procedure
Like every surgery, hair transplant surgery starts first with a consultation, a good surgeon will not just do a consultation to see how many grafts the patient needs, but knowing the cause of hair loss is very important to this. stage
There are quite a few cases, where the hair transplant will succeed for a while, and after the patient will lose this hair even if the operation has gone well, the problem is that the reason for the hair loss is not resolved.
After the consultation, the patient must answer a medical test before his arrival at the clinic by answering questions prepared by the doctor.
Because there are a lot of patients who have diseases and medications that can prevent them from doing the operation.
If all is well, and the patient is ready to have the operation, upon arrival at the clinic, the doctor will do other blood tests, and check blood pressure, heartbeats and allergies. Before an operation that can last more than 5 hours, the doctor must be sure of the good health of the patient.
The first step is the local anesthesia, after having shaved the hair and doing the planning, the patient puts himself in the face down position to start the local anesthesia on the donor area.
In Dr. Olcay Saygin’s Zen Hair clinic, sedation is applied before local anesthesia, to relieve the patient and reduce the pain of local anesthesia.
After this sedation and with the presence of the Anesthesia Doctor and the surgeon, the patient will just feel small spikes that are not at all painful. after the local anesthesia, the patient remains in the same position and the doctor begins to inflate his skin and extract the grafts using a micro motor with a speed of 10 revolutions per second, this speed helps not to have scars after the operation and also helps in rapid healing.
Just after extracting the grafts, the assistants count the grafts by cleaning them and keeping them in a special product so that they remain for life. This step can take 2 hours.
After this step the patient changes positions to lie on his back, and the second anesthesia must begin in the area to be implanted. A second sedation is also used so that the local anesthesia is not painful.
in this stage the doctor makes a plane on the area of ​​baldness and draws the frontal line taking into consideration the life of the patient. When they agree the anesthesia begins.
Immediately after the local anesthesia, the swelling of the skin starts again and then the opening of the canals. The step of opening the channels is too sensitive and meticulous a step which can take 3 hours.
The first step is the local anesthesia, after having shaved the hair and doing the planning, the patient puts himself in the face down position to start the local anesthesia on the donor area.
In Dr. Olcay Saygin’s Zen Hair clinic, sedation is applied before local anesthesia, to relieve the patient and reduce the pain of local anesthesia.
After this sedation and with the presence of the Anesthesia Doctor and the surgeon, the patient will just feel small spikes that are not at all painful. after the local anesthesia, the patient remains in the same position and the doctor begins to inflate his skin and extract the grafts using a micro motor with a speed of 10 revolutions per second, this speed helps not to have scars after the operation and also helps in rapid healing.
Just after extracting the grafts, the assistants count the grafts by cleaning them and keeping them in a special product so that they remain for life. This step can take 2 hours.
After this step the patient changes positions to lie on his back, and the second anesthesia must begin in the area to be implanted. A second sedation is also used so that the local anesthesia is not painful.
in this stage the doctor makes a plane on the area of ​​baldness and draws the frontal line taking into consideration the life of the patient. When they agree the anesthesia begins.
Immediately after the local anesthesia, the swelling of the skin starts again and then the opening of the canals. The step of opening the channels is too sensitive and meticulous a step which can take 3 hours.
And finally, the implantation, the grafts are implanted one by one with full concentration, this step can take 3 to 4 hours.
So a hair transplant can take from 5 hours to 8 hours. It depends on the number of grafts, the technique used and also the quality of the patient’s skin.
To get a good result. You have to do the operation with a good doctor, and follow all the instructions given, before and after the operation.
In the Zen Hair clinic of Doctor Olcay Saygin, and with his experience of more than 15 years in this field of hair transplantation, all the stages of the operation are important, and all the small details can change the result. Our doctor takes two operations a day and prefers not to take more to be able to perform them from A to Z.
If you want to feel in safe hands, and have guaranteed results, you can contact us for a free consultation and more details.