For this reason, it is always important for the surgical team to understand their patient and the patient to understand the procedure. This hair attrition occurs before transplanting is complete and shouldn’t be confused with the natural shedding that happens after a hair transplant procedure.

Transplanted hair generally sheds in 90% of people and a patient may not see any ‘new’ growth for about 3 – 6 months after the hair transplant surgery; depending on his or her’s own physiology.  Most however, start seeing the transplanted hair start to grow after two to three months. This growth will be visibly apparent for those individuals who do not have any hair at all or have a a hair style where the hair is cut low.

It can be hard to stay patient and not get too anxious to see the final result, but the body works at it’s own pace – no one can rush the growth of hair grafts.

To summarize the one session hair transplant, Follicular Unit Extraction hairs are harvested in a single step as opposed to the more common two-step process. Small 1-mm punch sites are made in the donor site to retrieve the follicular bundle. The goal is always to achieve the best possible cosmetic (aesthetic) result in the context of the patient’s total donor units. This type of hair transplantation is a surgical procedure where the survival and placement of every graft counts. Depending on the level of hair loss, one session hair transplants are a viable solution for hair loss.

Another facet of FUE is Ultra Refined Follicular Unit Grafting; tactile skill and attention to precise detail in this procedure. The smaller and more tightly packed incisions require more closely dissected grafts that are carefully trimmed under microscopes.

This procedure also requires more careful patient selection, as “dense packing” of grafts is not appropriate for all patients.

Michael,

Thank you for all the help you have provided during this whole process.  I have only a few questions remaining and I am hoping to make a decision very soon.  If I were to elect to have the procedure around the middle of the month, how much notice in advance I need to set up an appointment?  Also, since I am looking at only having a single procedure performed, and costing slightly more than I had anticipated, what could I expect in terms of results; i.e. full restoration or still slightly noticeable thinning?  Thank you for your help.  If you are able to answer these questions that are holding me back, I will definitely have any easier time making the decision.
Have a wonderful day.

Eric J.

Eric,

Take your time making your decision – it is a big one.  Regarding your questions; I’ve broken them down below with some additional comments.

Q: How much advance notice is needed to setup an appointment?

A: Eric, usually we like to schedule surgical appointments about two to three weeks out, as long as you don’t need an exact day of the week.  If you need an exact day, add another week.

Q: I am looking to having only one single procedure performed and it seems to be costing slightly more than I had anticipated. What could I expect in terms of results?

A: Eric, if you can control any future loss, one procedure should meet your needs nicely. However, keep in mind; with a hair transplant you can only get so much fullness.  I’m not trying to discourage you but keep this in the back of your mind. You can look at this part of the web site, Transplant Gallery, to see likely results.

We also offer Military Discounts which, for those who have been in or active in the military, offer the opportunity to reduce the price of renewed self confidence you can find with hair restoration.

Studies show that between 15% and 20% of hair follicles are not visible above the surface of the scalp.  These follicles are in what is called the telogen stage, which is an incubative state, and not typically visible except under intense magnification.  At PAI all of our transplants utilize a wider or “fat” graft in order to capture and protect these immature follicles that are in the telogen stage.  For example, if 10 hair follicles were transplanted using fat grafting then we could potentially see 13 follicles resulting from the transplant.  This procedure has proven to be effective in giving PAI patients the best possible results.

If you would like to learn more about Fat Grafting or anything else about hair transplants, contact us at (800) 496-7225.

Hair Follicle Micrografts

Hair follicle micrografts give patients a much more natural looking head of hair as opposes to hair plugs due to the fact that the donor grafts contain 1-3 hairs a piece as opposed to the 15-35 hairs from a hair plug. By using smaller amounts of hair per graft, a skilled surgeon can create a head of hair that looks far more natural than transplants by surgeons that didn’t have access to this procedure.
Many hair transplants patients today are coming in to fix the unnatural look of the hair plugs that they received many years ago. Depending on the work that was done in the past, our surgeons can either remove the old hair plugs, can refine the plugs for micrografts (saving on having to find new donor areas), and will then transplant the hair plug donor hair using the micrograft method. Another option is to use micrografts to fill in around the hair plugs with new donor hair, filling in the original area in order to provide a more natural look.

If you have any questions about renewing the look that hair plugs have left you with, please contact PAI Medical Group at 800-496-6010.