What is Hair Transplant Surgery Like?

The process begins with an evaluation of the donor area by our consultant to determine whether or not you are a candidate for this procedure and to personalize a treatment plan to your individual needs. Sufficient donor hair is needed for successful hair transplantation. Hair transplantation is a very safe, minor surgical procedure involving removing a small section of tissue from the back or sides of the scalp. This area contains healthy hair follicles that are genetically programmed not to shed. The tissue is then carefully dissected into single follicular graft units. The grafts are then meticulously placed into the thinning area of the scalp to create more volume and fullness.

The hair transplant procedure will take anywhere from two to six hours to complete. You can return to normal activities within hours of the procedure. The hair shaft will shed after several days but the follicle remains and goes into a resting phase and will begin to grow after approximately three months and will continue to grow at the same rate as your natural hair. Results are usually complete in 8 to 12 months.

The transplanted hair does not require special maintenance and it will keep growing for a lifetime. You will be able to cut and style it way you wish. Now the hair you admire can be your own.

Hair Transplantation at HRC Dayton

For each patient who comes to us for hair transplantation, our goal is to try and achieve as much naturalness and density as possible. We feel these two goals are best achieved when the plan is individualized for each patient, depending on the characteristics of that patient’s donor hair.

There are a host of factors that must be taken into account with each patient before formulating the best plan: Some of the more important factors are: the patient’s age, the hair-to-skin color contrast, the caliber of the hair, the patient’s goals for later styling, and, perhaps most important, the ratio of available donor hair in relation to the recipient area in need of coverage.

Importance of the Front Hairline

Today’s advanced hair transplant solutions are performed in a simple and comfortable out-patient setting, with an absolute minimum of discomfort and down time. The results of your hair transplant procedure are permanent and totally natural looking, providing men and women with a full head of natural, healthy, growing hair. Special care is always taken to replicate a perfect natural front hairline, ensuring that you can style your hair in any way you like for the rest of your life.

At HRC Dayton, we provide the complete range of hair transplant options including surgical hair restoration solutions for women, transgender hair restoration, as well as corrective hair transplant surgery to repair old “pluggy-looking” hair transplants performed elsewhere in the past.