If you are interested in restoring your hair, yet feel deterred by stories of hair transplant failures, it may help to understand how to choose the right surgeon. Likewise, if you are eager to undergo surgery, you may want to educate yourself on possible mistakes which can occur before deciding on a service provider.
Hair Transplant Mistakes That Can Occur
Many people understand hair restoration surgery to simply be a process of transferring follicles from one region to another. And through this perspective, it can be easy to think that all doctors who perform this procedure basically do the same thing.
Although surgeons are generally classified as practitioners of either Follicular Unit Extraction or strip surgery, they vary enormously in how they carry out specific aspects of the overall process of hair transplantation. Therefore, hair transplant mistakes can occur. Here are some common ones to be aware of.
(1) Selecting the wrong follicles. Some hair follicles have already been affected to a considerable extent by DHT. And they have already started their process of miniaturization. These grafts are not likely to grow as desired to produce long term results.
(2) Air drying
The leading cause of death for extracted hair follicles is over exposure to the air, which leads to their desiccation. Doctors must coordinate their team’s processes to avoid this from happening. Avoid practices that use air suction assisted devices like the neograft for FUE
(3) Mechanical trauma
Pulling, tugging and punctures can lead to graft damage. It is important to remember that hair follicles are tiny little organs which are highly susceptible to permanent damage.
(4) Detrimental storage conditions.
Once the hair follicles are removed, they need to be properly stored in a chilled environment. Warmer temperatures can lead to their demise.
(5) Poor insertions
Every doctor will differ in how well they can create insertion slits to replicate real hair growth patterns. Poorly angled grafts will look awkward and unnatural.
Choosing the Right Surgeon For Hair Transplantation
Forming a single opinion on hair restoration surgery can be difficult since there is enormous variation in the skills of different service providers. Therefore, it is important to look for image based evidence of being able to deliver consistent success for past patients. Viewing up to ten different examples of patient results may be necessary.
