Hair Transplantation
1. Hair plugs
Hair loss is a menace that plagues so many of us today. It’s something that most of us will have to face one way or another at some point in our lives. For men, hair loss is extremely common. As a matter of fact, 40% of men will have noticeable hair loss by the age of 35. By the time they live to 80 years, as many as 80% will have to contend with hair loss. Women are also not exempt from this reality; roughly 50% of women will experience hair loss during their lifespan. With millions of people suffering from hair loss, methods for hair restoration are in high demand and have been rigorously developed over the years.
Hair transplantation is hands-down the best method of restoring your hair. It’s a surgical procedure that gives the patient a chance to regain a full head of hair even after extensive balding. Since it was discovered, hair transplantation has undergone many ground-breaking advancements to make it more streamlined and effective. To appreciate these changes, let us first step back and see just hair transplantation was like in its earliest days.
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Hair plugs are small circular pieces of tissue harvested from the donor site at the back of the head to be transplanted elsewhere on the scalp. These plugs measured 3-4 mm in size and normally contained 12 to 30 hair follicles per unit. Once implanted, the hair in the new sites grew