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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_toggle title=”What is a Hair Transplant ?” el_id=”1462534319802-9e246423-d078″]Hair Transplant is a surgical technique that is used to treat Male and Female Pattern Baldness. It is a\u00a0minimally invasive procedure, grafts containing hair follicles that are usually genetically resistant to\u00a0DHT(thinning & dying)\u00a0are taken from the safer donor area\u00a0and transplanted to the thin or balding area of the scalp..[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What is FUE ?” el_id=”1462534293530-c006d411-2624″]Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE).\u00a0 The individual removal of hair follicles in their naturally occurring groupings of 1-4 hairs.\u00a0 A FUE punch\u00a0is used to\u00a0scor a circular\u00a0incision usually between 0.7 – 1mm in diameter, the graft containing the hairs are removed with forceps.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What is FUT Hair Transplant ?” el_id=”1462534316568-6f6efd05-c17d”]Follicular Unit transplant\u00a0also known as FUT or Strip<\/strong>.\u00a0 A strip of skin is excised from the back and sides of the head in the safer donor\u00a0zone area, this area\u00a0consists of hairs that are usually resistant to DHT.\u00a0 The skin is then sutured or stapled together to close the gap.\u00a0 A popular method to close the gap is trichophytic closure which usually leaves the patient with a pencil line thin scar.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What is a Follicular Unit ?” el_id=”1462534315886-44f8c5af-50d3″]<\/p>\n

Hair grows in tiny groups, anywhere between 1 and 4 hairs,\u00a0sometimes 5 or 6. These groups\u00a0of hairs are known as Follicular Units.\u00a0\u00a0Units which consist of just a single hair are referred to as a single graft,\u00a0most of these contain two to three hairs referred to as two hair or three hair graft.\u00a0 These are small independent units which can be damaged during surgery which may result in poor hair growth. So it is important that they are removed carefully.\u00a0 Some Follicular Units may be split to create single hair grafts, single grafts are utilised\u00a0in the hair line, creating a natural look.<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What are the causes of hair shedding ?” el_id=”1462534321672-8431c0b1-766c”]It`s normal to lose 50 to 100 hairs per day. If you are losing more than that\u00a0there could be an underlying reason. \u00a0The first step in finding out how to stop hair loss is to determine what’s causing it.\u00a0 While male pattern baldness is the leading cause of hair loss, there are many other causes, which include: stress, malnourishment, pregnancy, sleep deprivation, thyroid dysfunction, diabetes, telogen effluvium, lupus and certain drugs.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Example question” el_id=”1462534321472-83aae9d6-8275″]Example answer[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Example question” el_id=”1462534320290-82859577-05f2″]Example answer[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Example question” el_id=”1462534318976-4149c569-f3a9″]Example answer[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Example question” el_id=”1462534315710-3aee1226-9666″]Example answer[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_toggle title=”What is a Hair Transplant ?” el_id=”1462534319802-9e246423-d078″]Hair Transplant is a surgical technique that is used to treat Male and Female Pattern Baldness. It is a\u00a0minimally invasive procedure, grafts containing hair follicles that are usually genetically resistant to\u00a0DHT(thinning & dying)\u00a0are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1440","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hairlossexperiences.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hairlossexperiences.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hairlossexperiences.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hairlossexperiences.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hairlossexperiences.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hairlossexperiences.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1460,"href":"https:\/\/www.hairlossexperiences.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1440\/revisions\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hairlossexperiences.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}