Five Reasons to Choose Direct Hair Transplantation
Direct Hair Transplantation (or Direct Hair Implantation) is a new procedure where the surgeon takes tiny hair grafts and implants them one by one to the area of hair loss. The new procedure has many advantages over strip hair transplants. Here are five reasons to choose direct hair transplantation over strip transplants.
1. No donor strip. With DHI (Direct Hair Implantation), the surgeon harvests multiple tiny grafts, one at a time, as he needs them, instead of harvesting a donor strip of hair. That means no incision, no stitches that have to heal and be removed later. There's less chance of infection and less pain. Healing time is shortened from 7-8 days to 2-4 days, and there is no scar from the donor site.
2. Less scarring. Not only is there no donor scar, but there is less scarring at the graft sites, too. Each tiny graft is punched out of the donor site, and into the transplant site. There are no incisions, only tiny punctures. That significantly reduces scarring and pitting.
3. A better hairline. Because each follicular unit is transplanted individually, and because there are no incisions, the surgeon is able to create a more natural hairline. He can map out where each individual hair goes and the direction it will grow in.
4. Use of body hair. Body hair has different texture and characteristics than scalp hair, so it is not usually used for transplantation. Transplanted body hair is obvious. With Direct Hair Transplantation, however, the surgeon can use body hair discretely, blending a few body hairs in among scalp hairs. Using body hair has several advantages. The surgeon can remove some excess body hair by transplanting it. He can create denser hair by filling it in with body hair. Transplanted a follicular unit at a time, body hair sometimes even assumes the characteristics of scalp hair and becomes completely undetectable.
5. Quicker procedure. A surgeon can implant as many as 3000 grafts per day using Direct Hair Transplantation. If multiple procedures are necessary, they can be scheduled back to back. There is no need to wait for the donor site to heal between procedures.
Direct Hair Transplantation has many advantages over the strip graft method of hair transplantation. These are just five of them.
Deciding to get a hair transplant is a major decision. The transplantation itself requires an investment of both time and money. The outcome affects your confidence, self-esteem and appearance, so you want to get the best possible outcome. Direct Hair Transplantation will give you that outcome.
Glossary:
Direct Hair Transplantation, Direct Hair Implantation: Procedure where each follicular unit is individually removed from the back or side of the head and implanted into thinning areas
Follicular Unit: A hair growth unit containing 1-4 follicles, sebaceous glands, muscle and support structures for the growing hair.
Strip Graft Transplantation: Procedure where a strip of hair-bearing scalp is removed from the back of the head and follicular units are removed from the strip. They are implanted into thinning areas through tiny incisions.