The success of any hair restoration surgery is highly depends on the procedures implemented during the surgery. Hair transplant procedures are the most cosmetic procedures opted by all the hair transplant surgeon are effectively used to remove hair loss of male and female pattern baldness. The transplant procedure involves the technique of plucking small hair follicles from the growing area mainly from the back of the head and fixes it on the balding portion to provide baldness head for life time. Similarly, this technique is also used to substitute follicles in the eyelid, neck and cheeks. Usually, the hair follicles consist of one to four hairs and then these hairs are placed in such a way to provide natural look to the bald area. This process takes number of sittings as it is lengthy as well as the hair follicles will be removed plus transplant re again by a needle which leave wound on the donor site and take approximately one week to heal.
As soon as the donor area follicle is plucked, it is sliced into many small strips by the use of stereoscopic microscope which is one follicular unit in width. The procedure of dividing one strip into lots of small strips is known as Silvering. Once this procedure is completed the surgeon will move on to next step in which the silvers are re again sliced in to the 6 categories of grafts with the help of microscope.
- One haired follicular unit consists of single hair on the scalp.
- Two haired follicular units consist of pair of hairs on the single scalp.
- Three haired follicular units consist of three hairs on the single scalp.
- Four haired follicular units consist of four hairs on the single scalp.
- Three haired follicular grouping is prepared when a two haired and one haired follicular unit are physically positioned extremely close to each other.
- Four haired follicular grouping is prepared when either two haired follicular units is positioned to another two haired follicular units or a three haired follicular units and four haired follicular units are positioned very close to each other.