Hair Transplant

• The technique ensures that the hair follicle is outside the body for less than 20 minutes. The scoring of the grafts, harvesting of grafts, counting and loading into implanters and implantation into the recipient site are done simultaneously. So, the time outside the body is kept to a minimum.
  • There is no cooling and thawing over ice which decreases the life of grafts.
  • The grafts are kept in the platelet poor plasma of the patient which increases the survival of grafts.
  • With the use of implanters, we are able to achieve very high density that too in a short time.

It is always better to do hair surgical procedures in hospital-based centers because,

• An anaesthetist is always present and local blocks are given by him. They are also present to take appropriate care in the unfortunate event of an anaphylactic emergency.
• Monitored anaesthesia care takes care of the patient till he leaves the hospital.
• The instruments are sterilized using the same highly sophisticated methods used for complex surgeries.
• A large team of experienced staff is present so that fatigue doesn’t set in.

• We have a team that is trained and experienced in hair transplants in Ernakulam for over 15 years. The team includes doctors, physician assistants, nurses, and trained technicians.
• We have a dedicated operating room that is operational on all days.

• We use Safe Scribe FUE machine which is the gold standard of FUE machines. Imported punches help to take grafts with minimal scaring. If the patient requests the FUT technique, we have the state-of-the-art Carl Zeiss Operating Microscopes for the slivering and separating into follicular units 
• A vibrator is used to make the procedure as painless as possible.

• We transplant hairs from areas other than the scalp in appropriate cases

There are around one lakh hair follicular units in the adult scalp. A follicular unit is a family of hairs that comes out through a single hole in the scalp. Usually, there are around 90-100 follicular units in a sq cm. If more than 50% are lost we start noticing hair thinning.
The normal cycle of hair growth lasts for 2 to 6 years. Each hair grows approximately 1 centimetre per month during this phase. About 90 per cent of the hair on your scalp is growing at any one time. About 10 percent of the hair on your scalp, is in a resting phase. After 3 to 4 months, the resting hair falls out and new hair starts to grow in its place. It is normal to shed some hair each day as part of this cycle. 

Common baldness” usually means male-pattern hair loss. It is also called androgenetic alopecia. Men who start losing their hair at an early age tend to develop more extensive baldness. Hair starts to “miniaturise” that is the size and the diameter starts to come down. Typically, it starts either in the front or the crown.

Women may develop female-pattern baldness. In this form of hair loss, the hair can become thin over the entire scalp. The most common cause of hair loss in females is stress of any cause.

A number of things can cause excessive hair loss. For example, about 3 or 4 months after an illness or a major surgery, you may suddenly lose a large amount of hair. This hair loss is related to the stress of the illness and is temporary.

Hormonal problems may cause hair loss. If your thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This hair loss usually can be helped by treatment of thyroid disease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hormones, known as androgens and estrogens, are out of balance. Correcting the hormone imbalance may stop your hair loss.

Post-partum: Many women notice hair loss about 3 months after they’ve had a baby. This loss is also related to hormones. During pregnancy, high levels of certain hormones cause the body to keep hair that would normally fall out. When the hormones return to pre-pregnancy levels, that hair falls out and the normal cycle of growth and loss starts again.

Some medicines can cause hair loss: This type of hair loss improves when you stop taking the medicine. Medicines that can cause hair loss include blood thinners (also called anticoagulants), medicines used for gout, high blood pressure or heart problems, vitamin A (if too much is taken), birth control pills and antidepressants.

Certain infections can cause hair loss: Fungal infections of the scalp can cause hair loss in children. The infection is easily treated with antifungal medicines.

Finally, hair loss may occur as part of an underlying disease, such as lupus or diabetes. Since hair loss may be an early sign of a disease, it is important to find the cause so that it can be treated.

Yes. If you wear pigtails or cornrows or use tight hair rollers, the pull on your hair can cause a type of hair loss called traction alopecia. If the pulling is stopped before scarring of the scalp develops, your hair will grow back normally. However, scarring can cause permanent hair loss.

In India it is commonly called turban alopecia; seen in patients who tightly tie their hair before weaving a turban.

Hot oil hair treatments or chemicals used in permanents (also called “perms”) may cause inflammation (swelling) of the hair follicle, which can result in scarring and hair loss

Depending on your type of hair loss, treatments are available. If a medicine is causing your hair loss, your doctor may be able to prescribe a different medicine. Recognizing and treating an infection may help stop the hair loss. Correcting a hormone imbalance may prevent further hair loss.

Hair loss is usually not due to any single cause. So along with commonly available medicines like Minoxidil and Finasteride, other Vitamins and Minerals that are required for hair growth are also prescribed. It normally takes up to 4 – 6 months before you can visibly see the change. So, it is advisable to take photos of your scalp at 2 monthly intervals.

If the result at 4 months is not to your liking, it may be advisable to go for Hair Transplant.

It depends on the method. It is approximately Rs. 65 per follicular unit for the strip method and Rs. 65 for FUE technique as specialized equipment is used.

• Like any surgery, there may be wound infections which may have to be tackled with dressings and medicines.
• Rarely resuturing may have to be done.
• In the recipient site, there can be pustules which settle with topical medications.
• Sometimes a prick with a sterile needle may be required.
• There may be numbness of the scalp which settles within a few months.
• Rarely there can be eyelid puffiness in the immediate post-operative period which can be avoided if you sleep without pillows for the first week.

To make your hair transplant as comfortable as possible, we have an anaesthesia team who will give sedation to cool your nerves. We use Coolsense cryo before the local anaesthetic injection so that the injections are also pain-free. The finest needles are used so that you are comfortable.

Systematic investigations and medical treatment with cyclical hair care therapy have been found to increase hair growth in many patients where there is thinning of hair. In as little as three months, results will be visible. Only if the patient is not satisfied, should he consider a transplant.

Electrostatic microfibres are extremely fine particles of cellulose that stick to the hair to apparently increase the density of the hairs. It will be washed off during the shower. It is preferable to use cellulose to keratin which is mainly available in the market.

Yes, it can be taken for the shadow area of the beard, chest, armpit and the pubic area. The hairs are less robust than the scalp hairs but over time they tend to have some recipient area characteristics as well.

Specialized areas of transplant like eye brows, eye lashes, beard, moustache and chest wall are done here.