The process of transplantation is very complicated to be done for women than for men because of the various risks involved in the procedure. The skin of female is more sensitive than that of the male and prone to allergy and other medication that should be followed after the hair transplant for women is carried out.
The transplant surgery done in female is similar to that of male and there is no difference. The method used in the women transplant is follicular unit grafting method. This method uses the principle of extracting many follicular units. The follicular unit contains one to three hairs in a single unit. The follicular unit is of different sizes and sometimes it may contain four hairs also.
Always different sizes of follicular graft units are used in the hair transplant for women. With one hair in the graft is placed in the front in an unusual pattern along the hairline, and the graft units with two, three and four hairs are placed behind the one hair follicular unit in order to create more dense hair look. The natural hair look is obtained mostly by placing the units in the above order. Because this the way of hair growth in almost all the persons.
The hair transplant using the above procedure makes the transplanted hair look un detectable. Some dermatologists who are in experienced in the field of hair transplantation will place the follicular unit graft in a random pattern that does not look like the original hairline and the hair looks plug. Since this method is the advanced method it always requires good trained assistants who are in help to cut the grafts under microscope.
The transplant limit in the procedure is around three thousand grafts that can be transplanted taking only less time. The procedure is done in a highly safe and sterile environment. Many choose this to be performed in the influence of anesthesia with a short period sedative. The type of sedative differs from various female. More sedation is given for more anxious persons.
After surgery procedures are not much complicated in the patients. Some doctors allow the female patient to be free from using bandages. Medication are given to reduce the risk of swelling is administrated for the first three days after the surgery. Pain reducing pills and some sleeping pills are used to comfort the patient in order to avoid any discomfort from the stitches in the donor.
The patients who under went the hair transplant for women are advised to come to the hospital to have their hair shampooed and combed. The procedure done is so simple as the patient can return to their work within three days from the day of surgery. The patient is safer as soon as the stitches are removed. Other activities like the swimming, exercise and other activities can be resumed after one week of the surgery.