How Long Does a Hair Transplant Surgery Take

Hair transplant takes between 6 – 10 hours. This period can change depending on the size of the bald area on the head.

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During this period, an average of 3000 to 4500 roots can be taken. This time is applicable for hair transplant with the Fue method.

How many sessions does hair transplant take?

Hair transplant operation is a session for a man with hair loss. If a hair transplant has been performed at an early age and it is necessary to have a hair transplant again, but one year should be waited.

Hair transplant takes between 6-10 hours with the FUE method. Hair transplant with the Fut technique is completed in 3-4 hours.

How does the put the hair roots

In order to insert the obtained follicular units in other places in the skin, the doctor has to create small openings there. He can choose between three different methods, which have different advantages and disadvantages: In the slit technique, the surgeon uses a very fine scalpel to cut tiny slits in the skin. The wounds are very small and heal quickly, but the pressure of the scalp can push out some implanted hairs. With the drilling or punching technique, the doctor uses a circular knife or a hollow punch.

He uses it to drill holes in the tissue into which he can then insert the grafts. This variant creates precisely fitting openings, but a little more blood escapes. Laser technology is a modern method of perforating the top layers of skin. The doctor can create both small slits and holes by means of bundled light. These are set very precisely, which means that the wounds bleed less. However, the heat from the laser beam can easily damage the tissue, which means that the inserted hair roots may not grow as well.

To transplant the prepared donor hair, the surgical assistants use tweezers and examine the process under a magnifying glass or microscope. They pay close attention to reconstructing the natural direction of hair growth. There is always some blood coming out of the tiny wounds. However, this hardens within a short time and the crusts usually fall off by themselves after eight to twelve days. It is important that you do not scrape off the scab. This could damage the injured skin and the transplanted hair roots.

How long does it take to remove hair follicles?

In the FUE method, individual hair follicles are usually collected from the nape area. This is the first step of the operation. It takes approximately 3-4 hours to collect hair follicles, which we call grafts. When the collection process is over, the first break is taken. During this break, our patient eats and meets other needs. The hair follicles taken are separated according to their directions within this period and are prepared for transplantation in the hairless area.

Factors that specify the duration of hair transplant

The rate of baldness of the patient, how many grafts (hair follicles) will be transplanted
Hair transplant method to be applied (Fue – Fut)
Team experience and sleight
the hair transplant team must be large and numerous.

How long should I stay in Turkey for hair transplant surgery?

For Hair transplant process is sufficient to stay for 4 days in Turkey. However, you may need to stay 2 days extra due to Covid-19 process. The results of the test are waited. If it is negative, hair transplant is performed.

In the hair transplant process, How much time is spent on which procedure?

Determination of the hair front line

The hair frontal line should be determined for everyone except the patients who do not want to transplant the front part of the hair. It takes roughly 20 minutes.

Shaving the hair

In order for the hair to be transplanted in a healthy way, the hair is shaved with number 3. The average time for this process is 10 minutes.

Local anesthesia

First, the nape of the neck from which the hair follicle will be taken is numbed. An average of 7-10 needles are made in this part. It is necessary to wait 30 minutes to get effect after the procedure.