Tamerlan Kadiev: correct graft harvesting is the secret of effective hair transplantation

Hair loss affects every second person on the planet. Someone suffers to a lesser extent, and someone to a greater extent.  This problem is not only of an aesthetic nature, but is also often associated with loss of self-esteem and even depression. As a result, hair transplantation is a highly demanded procedure. Moreover, in recent years, methods of hair transplantation have been developed that allow you to get the most natural result. Tamerlan Kadiev, a plastic surgeon at the Nove Tilo clinic, told estet-portal.com about different techniques for performing hair transplantation, as well as about the rules for hair care after surgery.

Who is more likely to come for a hair transplant: men or women?

In 98% of our patients are men, since they are the ones who most often suffer from baldness. Of course, sometimes women also need hair transplantation. But if in men, androgenetic alopecia is manifested by local hair loss, then in women, baldness is diffuse in nature, which makes transplantation difficult.

The vast majority of women apply  in connection with hair transplantation in the area of ​​the eyebrows.

We also perform beard hair transplantation, but for our country this procedure is quite exotic. All the patients we performed hair transplantation in the beard area were foreigners.

How is a hair transplant performed?

At the Nove Tilo Clinic we perform hair transplantation using two methods. The first technique is called FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction), the second — Strip, or patchwork method.  The vast majority of patients prefer the first method because it is seamless and requires little or no downtime. However, with 5-7 degrees of alopecia, when extensive hair transplantation is necessary, preference should be given to the patchwork method. This technique allows you to get significantly more grafts in one procedure. If a person does not have enough hair to transplant on the head, we can use hair from the chest or arms.    

How is hair harvested in different transplantation techniques?

Hair sampling with patchwork method is carried out from the occipital region. We select the required area, take the skin with hair, and then apply a cosmetic suture. The scar after that remains minimal, and is hardly noticeable even with a short haircut. The advantage of this method — this is a large number of grafts received, as well as time savings, since the transplantation procedure with the suture method lasts an average of four hours longer than with the flap method. The FUE technique also involves the collection of follicular units from the occipital region, however, it is carried out not with a single flap, but with several grafts. Second stage  transplantation is the planting of hair, which is the same in both the patchwork and the sutureless method. If the collection of the bulb is carried out correctly  - then 

How to take care of your hair after the procedure?

The first three days after hair transplantation, it is not recommended to wash your hair, as the bulb must take root. On the third day, you can already wash your hair, but you need to do this according to a special method. The pressure of water should fall on any part of the head, except for the one on which the transplant was carried out. Also, shampoo should not be applied to the transplant site itself. A week later, the bulb sprouts with vessels, and we believe that it has already taken root. Sometimes a month after the procedure, we prescribe mesotherapy to patients

of the Nove Tilo clinic, in cases where the patient's own hair is thinning. However, mesotherapy only makes it possible to strengthen them, but does not guarantee that the hair will not fall out after a while.

We guarantee that the transplanted hair will take root and grow, but we cannot guarantee the safety of the patient's own hair.  

With progressive alopecia, the best choice is a gradual hair transplantation, because with 6-7 degrees of baldness, there is practically no place to transplant them.