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What Is Hair Transplant MicroGrafting?
Hair transplant procedures have changed in the
decades since they were first done. The earlier
methods of using hair plugs were not satisfactory.
People looked like they had doll's heads, with hair
sticking out of their hair in clumps. Now hair
transplants are more natural looking because of a
procedure called micro grafting.
Most hair transplant surgeries today involve micro
grafting to some degree. Micro grafts hold about
three or four hair follicles. Older style hair
grafts often held more like a dozen hair roots.
These new micro grafts are only possible because
skilled surgeons have refined the methods of
extracting them.
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Micro grafts are useful in hair transplant surgery because they can give the hair a quite natural appearance. The hair emerges from the scalp in the most natural way, with the same number of hairs that nature intended. If the procedure is done correctly, no one can tell the difference.
Natural looking hairlines have been difficult to
achieve with hair transplant surgery. Micro grafts
make it possible for a brand-new hairline to be
attained that does not call attention to itself in
the least. This is quite an accomplishment after the
stares that many people endured in the past because
of bad hair plugs.
However unnoticeable and natural micro grafts
appear, they do not give you a full, thick head of
hair. For that, many hair transplant surgeons will
use micro grafts for the hairline and the front and
edges of the hair. Then, they will use mini grafts
farther back on the scalp.
These mini grafts used in hair transplant surgery
contain three to eight shafts of hair. They give the
hair fullness in areas where they will not stand out
as looking fake. It is a common circumstance to have
the mini grafts in the central and crown of the
scalp and micro grafts at the hairline and around
the edges.
If a person had this arrangement after a hair
transplant and then shaved the micro grafts, the
mini grafts would look decidedly unnatural. However,
with the micro grafts on the leading edges, they
blend in and give the hair fullness. They serve an
important function.
Previously, when hair plugs were used, doctors did
the hair transplant surgeries much differently. They
used an instrument called a trephine to cut circular
grafts from 2mm to 5mm in diameter. These plugs were
inserted into the balding area.
Now, a multi-bladed knife can be used to cut long
thin strips of donor tissue. The strip of scalp will
be about an inch wide and five inches long. Then,
the hair transplant doctor pulls the skin together
where this was taken out, and stitches it together.
Finally, the micro grafts will be finished by being
divided into individual grafts by using a
stereomicroscope. The surgical team will make a
variety of grafts from eight-shaft mini grafts to
one or two shaft micro grafts. These will be moved
during hair transplant to the recipient sites so
that the hair will have a natural hairline with
fullness on top.
Hair transplant today would not be the same without
the use of micro grafts. They make for more
natural-looking results. Also, the pain factor goes
down with the use of the smaller grafts. They have
proven to be an excellent discovery.
