Frequently Asked Questions about Laser Hair Transplantation

For some recent years, the use of lasers has increase for different cosmetic surgeries and by the usage of lasers in the hair transplantation methods, a surge of interest can be observed in the particular treatment. The patients of hair loss have also shown their interest after the advancement and easiness hair transplantation has got during some last years. In the following discussion, one can go through with different aspects of latest laser hair treatments and the answers of frequently asked question about laser hair transplantation.

Being a reader, the very first thing a person should know is that what actually laser hair transplantation is.  Are lasers only used to make holes or slits? Or they have some other aspects as well. Lasers are also used for the processes like graft dissection, harvesting, and placing. Another question that is generally asked by people is that whether this particular treatment is painful or painless.

One thing should be cleared here that the process of laser Transplantation is not completely painless. Since lasers are used to make holes and for that they vaporize tissues, a minor or local anesthesia is recommended for patients so that the process can go in a pain-free environment.  The next thing that is extensively discussed is little bit bloody.

People ask whether this treatment is bloodless or a patient loses some blood from his body. It should also be cleared that the laser procedure is bloodless in fact maximizing the blood flow of implanted hair follicles, is one of the motives of the treatment.   

The old and traditional process of treatment like slit and punch grafting has been overcome by lasers. Lasers can make a slit and can also easily remove tissue for the purpose of making more room for the implant. 

Will hair look natural after the transplantation? This is also one the frequently asked questions by hair lost patients. The answer is ‘Yes’ because the treatment is done from the patient’s body so it is essential that it will give a natural look to the patient.

What includes in the procedure? Patients really want to know about the procedure before going through any surgery. The process of laser hair transplantation is not such complex.  Professional and experienced surgeons take part in the surgery and the concerned patient is given small anesthesia so that the treatment can be pain free for the patient. There are various techniques in which two; FUE and harvesting are common yet famous around the world. The simple is that the area of a patient’s head where there is hair is termed as donor area and it donates hair to the area that is the victim of baldness.

Is there any risk? People also ask this question since the word “surgery” threatens a common man. Well, risk is always there next to a person in every kind of work. There are also some risks in this type of treatment like infections, breeding, and others. But, there are rarely found.

What about the cost? There is no standard or set cost for this particular procedure. There are numerous factors on which the treatment of laser hair transplantation depends on.

In short, there is no doubt that laser technology has brought a revolutionary change not only in hair transplantation but in different other cosmetic surgeries as well and it has also got attention of those who were affected by hair loss but were afraid to go through from any surgery. Now, people have started relying on this particular treatment and with the passage of time and with some more advancement in the field, more people will come towards the laser treatment.