Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP) in Hair Restoration

Through the developments in science and technology, the hair restoration therapy has become much easier and faster than before and it has become possible to utterly understand the wound and tissue healing. Because of these scientific studies, PRP is considered a medical process of all natural autologous that is performed for skin, scalp, and hair.

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is the latest and the most advanced hair loss treatment that has proved its metals all over the world. It is a unique treatment for hair loss and hair thinner patients and is being used by all those surgeons who really want people to live with beautiful hair. It has been observed that in coming years, this treatment will conquer the field of hair loss treatment.

There are three stages of this therapy. Firstly, a certain amount of blood that is around 60-100ml is taken from the body of the concerned patient. Then the blood is centrifuged. The part where there are more growth factors and platelets is taken out from the blood and saved by the surgeon.

HOW DOES PRP WORK?

There are three stages of this therapy. Firstly, a certain amount of blood that is around 60-100ml is taken from the body of the concerned patient. Then the blood is centrifuged. The part where there are more growth factors and platelets is taken out from the blood and saved by the surgeon. The patient is given an anesthesia so that they may not feel any pain during the therapy.

In the second stage, the wound healing process is activated by stimulating the scalp. This is necessary to do this process to use the platelets and growth factors which are the real heroes in PRP therapy. During some past years, common needles were used to inject and they would make the patients feel pain because of the needles. Now, surgeons have also found a solution for this problem and they have invented a product which they call “Scalproller”. It is a microneedle roller and it contains around 192 unique titanium needles which are used to open the skin with the same depth every time. It causes quite lesser pain as compared to common needles. It also saves the time of surgeon as it is rolled over the scalp.

The third stage deals with re-injecting the growth factors and platelets into the scalp. Hair follicles and Stimulated cells utilize these factors and cause new hair to grow. This thing not only helps to grow new hair but also converts thin hair into thick.

Autologous blood products and mesechymal stem cells in a human blood play a vital in this process.  The process of PRP therapy deals with healing and regeneration of tissues that is done with the help of special growth factors which are present in the autologous blood products.  This process has been endorsed in the medical literature of the United States and Europe. Not only for hair, PRP process is used for many purposes like orthopedics, plastic suregey, neurosurgery, and sports medicines. In all these areas of study, this process has been widely accepted because of its successful results.

Hair Loss and Scalp Problems: the necessity for a Hair Scalp Specialist

Scalp is the region starting from the posterior region of the neck and is extended to the anterior sides of the face. The scalp generally is divided into five layers each of which has its own significant role. One of these layers is the outermost skin which harbors the hair follicles as well as the sebaceous glands. Sebaceous glands are responsible for producing the sweat and moisture of the scalp and which is why they are an ideal place for many disease manifestations caused either by parasites or intrinsic infections.

It is believed that regardless of the reason of hair fall, which can either be environmental or physical stimuli, the changes in the overall structure of the scalp causes the hair to fall and ceases the growth in the follicle all together. These follicles then cannot be revived and hence they are lost permanently.

There is a necessity to understand the hair loss in the earliest stages and then to analyze the magnitude of damage. If the root cause is identified soon and is treated, hair loss can not only be prevented but can also be limited to a certain area only. A wide spread hair loss is always difficult to cater than a localized one.

It has been commonly observed that people get obsessed with their hair as long as they recon themselves as the victim of hair fall. In such scenario, ignoring scalp is a common practice as this a general belief that scalp is just like any other skin which is conditioned to withstand any sort of stress. But the truth is that scalp is very much sensitive and it is equally necessary to discuss scalp problems with the specialized scalp care professional before it is too late. Hair fall can be managed effectively as well as efficiently in this way.

managed effectively as well as efficiently in this way.

Who are the best and perfect candidates for hair transplantation surgery?

Hair loss is a general dilemma among many young males and tends to get increasingly worse with age.  The dilemma with attempting to correct this trouble at a young age is that you will likely need hair transplantation down the road to cover up your visible balding, thinning or receding spots.  It is significant for you and your surgeon to evaluate what stage of hair loss you are likely to be at in the future.  This is based on ancestor’s genetics and your existing hair loss pattern.

There are assured qualifying aspects or features to be a perfect candidate for hair transplant. You should be over the age of 24 because this procedure is not for any young individual. This is due to the excessive and progressive character of male pattern baldness. Restoring thickness to your hairline at the age of 21 would not provide you a long lasting result and after 5 years may be your hairline continues to recede beyond the new/permanent growth.

This would produce a cosmetic defect for the patient and create a worse scenario after transplantation. It is recommended to use temporary techniques for the meanwhile, like finasteride or minoxidil including medicines, until your hair loss again regrow with its normal condition. In your teen age, don’t think about a hair transplant because it will never give you the desirable results. And you have to be in a good general health. If you had any history of blood clotting abnormalities or allergic to general anesthesia than this procedure is not for you.

FUE technique has advantage over strip method in which condition

FUE is considered an alternate to the traditional strip harvesting method. FUE is preferred over strip harvesting method because of several advantages and some specific conditions in which nothing can work better than FUE.

FUE is ideally suited for those people who wish to wear short hair. Strip harvested method produces linear scarring that can be concealed only with hair. FUE is less invasive, does not involve linear scars and cuts. Numerous tiny scars are formed typically invisible to human eye that heal over the time and new hair will also cover the small circular scars which would not be possible to see after few months of the surgery.

FUE transplantation method can be applied on the people who want to shave off their head completely or partially. After FUE, small holes are produced that contract within the healing period which makes the scars invisible.

People with mild to moderate baldness are ideal candidates of FUE as now up to 7000 hair can be extracted in one day. The extraction of large numbers of follicular units accounts for large bald area.

For fastest recovery, nothing can be more useful than FUE. It takes less time to heal small wounds as compared to one large linear scar. The less invasive and less painful procedure of FUE without any cuts and stitches yields fastest results with normal life activities. By following post surgery instructions and with proper care, FUE results in permanent and natural outcomes.

How many different kinds of extraction punches are used in FUE

 

 

The thing that differentiates FUE from traditional hair transplantation methods is the use of punches that yields no linear scarring rather small incisions made with the help of needle punch. Manual sharp punch tool is used to puncture the skin that allows dissection of tissue down to the follicle.

Types- Basically two types of punches are used for extraction during FUE. Sharp tipped punch device and blunt tipped punch device.

Sharp punch tool is used for puncturing the skin while blunt device with dull tip is used to separate the follicular unit from the surrounding tissues and then, follicular units are extracted by using forceps. Sharp punch can be easily penetrated through the scalp and there can be observed reduction into the number of rotations for removing the follicular units. Blunt punch tool results in minimizing the transection of the follicular units thus reducing the chances of damaging the surrounding tissues.

Sizes- The size of punches is essential subject in both the extraction and isolation of follicular units. The size of the extraction punches varies from 0.6 mm to 1.2 mm. The standard size (diameter) ranges from 0.75 mm to 0.9 mm.

Generally, for reducing small circular scarring linked to FUE, smaller size punch tools are considered ideal but in order to remove larger grafts, these are not effective. For extracting larger follicular units, larger punches are ideally suited but results in large amount of scarring. An adept physician is well aware for keeping the balance by using different sizes punch tools for extraction of donor hair during FUE.

GRAFT COUNTING ESTIMATE

If a person has a loose scalp, bald areas, side and back hair to relocate, good understanding of hair transplantation then he is considered a candidate for hair transplant surgery.Hairs from bald resistant areas are the best source for regenerating hair on bald scalp. The decision needed for hair transplantation surgery requires the patient to comprehend what amount of hair grafts he needs.
In grafting a skin, bone or a tissue that is healthy is taken from one part of the body to replace a damaged cell. So, hair graft is the use of hair to regenerate hair on a bald scalp.
For a successful transplantation the surgeon and his team must be able to understand and cooperate with one another. They have to realise the delicacy of the follicular unit, which is the graft. If the graft is not cared for then it can die and the results will not be favourable.Many patients find it difficult to estimate the number of grafts needed. Different transplant clinics suggest different amounts. Doctors are concerned that this amount can be ambiguous. For a proper hair transplantation surgery the correct information is required.
A collection of one, two or three grafts (follicular units) form the bunch of hair on a human head. The existence of more than three hairs in a follicular unit is extremely rare. Single hair grafts constitute to 15-20% of the grafts in a human head while two and three hair grafts constitute about 80-85%.
The practice of some clinics to cut the two or three hair grafts into one hair graft increases the number of grafts. However, this does not increase the amount of hairs regenerated on the bald areas. This practice also reduces the life of the hair graft as compare to its natural state.
Before going for a surgery patients should be able to understand how and why the needed amount of grafts is required. On average the distance from one ear to another varies from 25-30 centimetres. On an average note the density of human hair lies between 50- 120 follicular units per square centimetres. For example, if a person has never had a surgery before and now is getting ready for one so he will require about 2500-3000 grafts.
Every doctor should be able to measure the back of the head which is the donor area and then make estimates about the grafts needed for the transplantation. The numbers different doctors suggest should be very similar to each other.
Graft estimates can also be evaluated through a simple method based on the Norwood level. By taking a transparent sheet and a marker, one should place it on his bald scalp. Then the hair-bearing edges should be traced. You can use marker for that. After the tracing, the person should count how many square boxes fit the area. Then multiply this number with 35.
For any hair transplant surgery, knowing the correct number of grafts is important otherwise, it will lead to an unsuccessful surgery, wastage of money and loss of healthy hair.

Women and men hair loss problems are different?

Now days, every second person is facing hair loss problem. Well, a few men and woman are experiencing hair loss due to hereditary problems and a few are facing due to hormonal change. Whatever, the reason behind the hair loss, bald head look nasty and unattractive. It is true that hair loss or hair thinning is normally associated with aging problem, but it can also be attribute to nutritional insufficiency, depression or changes in immune health. Generally, when DHT levels increase, the hair follicles start to shrivel and greatly affect the hair growth that becomes the reason of hair loss. Hair loss problem usually lead baldness in men, whereas thinning of hair in females. There are different types of hair loss that can be caused by Autoimmune disorder and Alopecia Areata. Male hair loss problems are comparatively different from females, due to change of hormones. Moreover, both men and women response towards DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) is also different.

No doubt, going bald for men is a worst experience.  Men have a 50% chance of facing hair loss problem at the age of fifty. MPM is the common type of hair loss, caused due to change in hormones, genes and age. Recent research shows that the major cause of MPM is the increase level of DHT. It is basically the worst form of the hormone testosterone. In majority of the males, the front scalp of the hairs is more sensitive to DHT, causing men to lose their hair. In males, diabetes is also one the major reason behind the hair loss problem as compared to females.

On the other hand, the increased levels of DHT in females are obviously different, than in men. Women normally face hair thinning problem with the growing age. It happens due to rising levels of DHT and decreasing levels of estrogen in the body. DHT cause follicles to enter the resting phase rapidly and this flaking starts at a quicker rate, rooting the new hair to become healthy and eventually leading to the follicles becoming dormant. This kind of hair loss problem is known as female pattern thinning. Females also experience pattern hair loss generally that is not prominent among males. This type of hair loss does not affect the frontal part of head but makes the hair thin and weak. Pattern hair loss normally becomes the reason of unattractiveness in females. Women of 25 to 35 in age, mostly face pattern hair loss problem.

 

Hair transplant Methods in Pakistan

Hair transplant techniques are being practiced all around the globe. The demand of these procedures is increasing every day and the success rate is the major factor behind that. Patients who got transplants and are satisfied about it don’t resist from boasting about it in their social circle, which leads to, other people considering hair transplant as a viable option for them. although in Pakistan it is a new domain of surgery and there were many critical explanations as to why people should not opt for these procedures.

The learned heads of various hair transplant centers effectively defend this procedure with reasoning. They also treated numerous patients who acted as a platform to gain people’s trust and in the present day hair transplant are as blooming as ever.

Hair transplant methods that are being followed generally are strip method, FUE method and a mixture of both in the most recent cases. In the strip method, a strip of healthy follicles is removed from the back of the head and this strip is further dissected in to smaller grafts under a microscope. These subdivided grafts are then planted back in the scalp where the crowning is prominent. This technique is the first and the foremost one in the field of hair transplant.

Although it has a lot of advantages but some of the most common disadvantages include the scarring of the back which is quite prominent and the slow recovery time. In some cases it was also reported that the transplanted hair were not equally divided and the natural looks could not be completed. On the other hand FUE  Hair transplant  is the latest and the safest of all the techniques.

FUE extracts hair follicles from the donor site without any scarring. The extracted follicles are then equally divided on the new area with minimum incision. FUE technique is both rapid in terms of healing and it leave minimum scars behind. In the case of FUE it is preferred by surgeons because graft failure ratio is very low in this case as compared to all other methods.

Hair transplant surgery perhaps the most performed in Pakistan

Different kinds of surgeries even the most complex ones are being performed in Pakistan and satisfactory and successful results are obtained from them. Hair transplant is performed in Pakistan and the procedure and result is found as good as it is in other parts of the world. Reason is that there are plenty of hair transplant surgeons who are working perfectly and they have necessary skills and expertise which let them do the hair transplantation successfully to get the desired result. Top of the line technology is used for the surgery and hair transplant surgery is considered one of most performed surgery in Pakistan.

 

 

It is not very long ago when people were not aware of the hair transplant surgery as it was not really considered as a part of hair restoration. Usually the artificial scalp was pasted at the bald area at that time and tried to let the hair look like natural but it was a temporary solution. This solution is only suitable for short duration and after that time hair start to lose the natural look and seem to look like a wig. Wigs are easily available at cheap rates so people seem to thought that why would they spend too much money on the procedure if their hair will not look natural after some time.

 

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Tips to prevent hair loss

Hair experts say that losing 50-100 hairs a day is a part of normal hair growth cycle. What happen when this limit exceeds? The condition is known as hair loss. It is a multi-causal condition. In some people hair loss is due to their genetic predisposition to it while in others it can be the result of stress, misuse of hair care products and chemicals, excessive sunlight exposure etc.

The hair loss due to environmental factors like stress, chemicals and UV expo0sure can be managed if some precautionary measures are taken in this regard. After shampooing, avoid brushing your hair as wet hairs are more likely to fall off then dry hair. Never rub your hair harshly with a towel. Brush your hair with a wide tooth hair brush and clean your hair brush regularly. Never sleep with wet hair as wet hair can easily get tangled. If inevitable then tie them up in a pony or braid. Hot oil massage is the most frequently recommended home remedy to prevent hair loss. In addition to this fresh fruit and vegetable juices are also known for their extraordinary capability to reduce hair fall. Antioxidants like green tea gives strength to hair and gives boost to them. Be aware of the hair styling products that you are using. Make sure that the products that you are using suit your hair type and are not very strong.

Stress has always been the most important factor that plays a key role in triggering hair loss. No person can stop their brain and avoid taking stress in this busy world but there are some easy ways in which you can at least minimize your stress. Every day, try to take out 30 minutes for relaxing. In this time go out to some park, breathe in fresh air, watch your favorite movie or just sit and relax. Yoga is one of the most effective ways to relieve stress. Despite all the precautions it is never easy to manage stress but if you just manage to overcome it then you can save yourself from a greater loss ahead. The only solution for the baldness or hair loss treatment is hair transplant.