Hair transplant is an aesthetic surgery that leaves a direct impact on the way you look and if you don’t get it done from professionals, there is a high chance for you to end up with botched-up results. While it is imperative to get the best surgery done the first time around (because of the limited availability of donor grafts), there are a few techniques that can reverse the failed transplant and give you a better look through hair transplant repair. In India, this surgery is performed by ABHRS certified experts at Saraswat Hospital, Agra. One of the most common forms of repair, however, is the combined technique that involves both FUE and FUT. This blog will take you through the various steps of combined repair hair transplant in details.
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What is Combined Repair Hair Transplant?
Combined hair transplant repair involves the removal of plugs and re-implantation of the hair dissected from them. This procedure is followed by scar camouflage procedures using healthy follicles from the donor area. At times, corrective camouflage can also be performed through scalp micropigmentation that gives an illusion of a fuller head.
Steps of the Combined Hair Transplant Repair Procedure
The combined repair hair transplant procedure is a customized technique based on patient-specific situations. The crux of the procedure, however, involves the following steps:
Graft Excision: As the first stage, this involves the excision of the unnatural looking plugs from the bad hair transplant. The holes formed in the area due to this excision are sutured. The grafts are then placed under stereo-microscopes to be dissected into individual units (as performed during the FUE procedure). The individual units are then implanted into the scalp to form a natural hairline, as much as possible. The sutures are finally removed in 10 days. This procedure is performed in around 8-week intervals to remove all the problem grafts.
Camouflage: At this stage, the professionals remove additional follicles from the donor area in either a regular FUT (Follicular Unit Transplantation) or FUE (Follicular Unit Excision) procedure. These follicles are used to create a more natural hairline by adding coverage to the top and front of the scalp and improve how the crown area looks.
Here, it is very important to suture the areas from where the large grafts have been removed. This aids in significantly faster healing and far less scarring. The holes that haven’t been sutured will heal slowly and result in white-coloured round scars that mimic the look of plugs, thereby ruining the appearance. If the holes aren’t closed, new hair might not grow in the area as well. Suturing is a crucial step because the grafts removed are in important areas, cosmetically, and in a repair transplant procedure, the patients expect the best results.
As the hair follicles are removed during the graft excision, the hair should be placed behind the hairline to get the best results instead of on the area. This is because the hair derived from the excision of the plugs in the first stage is often associated with scar tissue and might not be ideal for a new hairline. The follicles to be implanted on the frontal hairline are always the ones extracted during the camouflage stage from the healthy donor areas.
Why Consult Saraswat Hospital for the Hair Transplant Repair Surgery?
Saraswat Hospital is run by a team of experts certified by ABHRS (American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery) that offers the best hair transplant results in India. The surgeons have over 17 years of experience and thus, the expertise in providing customized surgery according to patient requirements.
Dr Satya Kumar Saraswat is an MBBS with MS, M.Ch, and DNB (Plastic Surgery) degrees to his credit. As a member of several international boards, Dr Saraswat has left his mark in the plastic surgery sector. He is known to specialize in various kinds of hair restoration surgeries and has also presented his take on a modified FUT technique at the 24th World Congress of ISHRS.
Dr Preeti Saraswat is an MBBS with a PGDCC degree from the University of Greifswald, Germany. She is known for the scalp micropigmentation treatments that she has been rendering to her patients over the years. She is also a member of the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine (AAAM).
Conclusion: A hair transplant surgery is a cosmetic procedure that leaves aesthetic results when performed by experts. Saraswat Hospital is one of the most sought-after clinics in Agra that offer a hair transplant repair procedure by ABHRS certified doctors who aim to provide customized services to the patients. To know more about the subject or get in touch with the experts, contact Saraswat Hospital.