So is hair transplant dangerous? This is an unanswered question, because whether hair transplantation is dangerous or not mainly depends on these three factors-the professionalism of doctors, the quality of equipment and the rehabilitation ability of patients.
If you meet a doctor who is familiar with the anatomy of the head and scalp, you will try to avoid unnecessary trouble when transplanting hair.
But if you meet an inexperienced doctor or even a nurse to transplant your hair, it is very dangerous.
Before explaining some potential dangers of hair transplant, let me tell you about the three mainstream hair transplant technologies at present.
Fut—— Take a strip with hair follicles from the back of the head, and then sew the scalp back. The hair follicles will be separated from the strip, and carefully implanted after micropores are made in the receiving area.
The process of extracting follicular units does not involve any strip extraction. Instead, the doctor will use a hole punch to extract hair follicles, and the rest of the process is similar to FUT.
DHI- similar to FUE, but in hair follicle implantation, instead of making micropores, an implantation pen is used to load one hair follicle at a time.
Each technology has its own advantages and disadvantages ... to put it more thoroughly, it is the level of seeing a doctor!
Some potentially dangerous arterial injuries associated with hair transplantation
Some very important arteries in the human body are very close to the scalp.
If the surgeon doesn't know the location of these arteries and accidentally inserts the hair follicle too deep, it may cause serious vascular injury and bleeding.
This kind of injury will not only reduce the survival rate of hair follicles (transplantation), but also do great harm to existing hair, which will lead to regional alopecia (alopecia areata).
Nerve injury
If the head nerve is damaged, permanent sensory loss may occur in some parts of the human body.
In addition, if the nerve is damaged or there is a problem with local anesthesia during hair transplantation, the patient may feel persistent and severe pain during the transplantation.
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In the process of hair transplantation, wounds (especially FUT) will appear in both donor and recipient areas. If the surgeon is not professional enough, it may lead to wound infection, which in turn may lead to related diseases, such as "septicemia".
Some symptoms of infection:
yearn for
topping
generate heat
yearn for
Hair transplant failure
The patient's mood can be imagined when the hair transplant failed.
After all, patients need to spend a lot of time and money to cure their hair. In addition, they thought that they could have their hair again by waiting patiently after hair transplantation, but they were not happy at all.
The following are common mistakes in hair transplantation: patients did not choose hospitals and doctors;
Too much baldness, poor hair follicle quality in donor area;
Low participation rate of doctors;
Cross-sectional rate (the cross-sectional rate may be 20% ~ 50% when inexperienced doctors implant hair; Experienced doctors may only have a cross-sectional rate of 1~2%.
The performer tried to plant too many hair follicles (convenient for charging more);
Hair follicle transplantation is unnatural (too deep or too shallow);
The transplanted hair follicle is not well preserved (after the hair follicle is taken out, if it is not implanted in the recipient area for four or five days, it needs to use a special and expensive solution)
Patients do not follow the doctor's advice (balanced diet, no drinking, no smoking and no strenuous exercise are necessary conditions for successful hair transplant);
In a word, hair transplant surgery may be dangerous if it is operated by inexperienced doctors, so it is really important to choose the right doctor.