Main Hair Loss Restoration Options Available Today:

• 1. Medical hair loss restoration options
• 2.Non-medical options for hair loss restoration

ALTERNATIVE HAIR DONOR AREAS IN HAIR TRANSPLANTATION

If the donor area in the back of the head is not sufficient, hair follicles can be obtained from the beard or from the body and can be transferred into the hair loss areas. Facial hair develop fast and grow back at remarkably high rates, exceeding 95%. Because of the specific texture of facial hair (they are wilder and curlier compared to scalp hair) and the fact that the shafts are twice as thick as scalp hair, they are not suitable for placement in the front hairline. However, they are extremely useful for the density of the middle zone or the crown and for the restoration of postoperative strip scars. Body hair is another alternative resource of hair follicles for Direct hair implantation, especially in men who have rich body hair, but insufficient donor site on the back of the head. All body hairs can be used as donors in hair transplants, the chest, the back, the arms, the legs, the pubic areas, etc. The most reliable and potentially usable area for harvesting body hair grafts are the chest and the sternum. The final regrowth rate of body hair is unpredictable and usually ranges from 70 to 80%. Due to different life cycle of body hair, which progresses more slowly than the life cycle of scalp hair, body hair regrowth is slower and may even take two years to be completed.

Dr Shetty’s hair transplantation, transfers individual hair follicles one by one, from donor site to hair loss areas and is currently the ideal method for male and female hair loss restoration

PRP Hair Transplant

What is PRP? PRP hair treatment stimulates hair growth and increases hair density PRP is a non-surgical treatment which is used treat hair thinning, to arrest hair loss and promote hair growth. It takes place by injecting plasma into the scalp, with the objective of stimulating the follicles. The PRP is activated with growth factors to stimulate inactive or newly implanted hair follicles into an active growth phase. The regular use of PRP prolongs the Anagen phase of the hair growth cycle.

How PRP Works?

A small amount of blood (less than 50 ml) is taken from the body and centrifuged at a high speed to separate the plasma. The PRP is then activated with DNA activators (thrombin) and enriched with calcium ions (e.g. calcium chloride) and injected into the area which is suffering from hair loss in order to stimulate hair growth.