Having the male pattern baldness condition where there are patches of baldness present on your scalp forces you to seek a real and effective treatment. However, finding the best one is often complicated because of so many claims about how products can re-grow hair when, in fact, only a very few methods really work. A method with almost 100% success rate is known as hair restoration or hair implants but its former name was hair plugs.
For this method, there needs to be abundant hair on an area of your scalp so some hair follicles can be used as transplants for the bald area of the head in order to have fuller hair. The old term hair plugs was coined from the actual outcome back when the original methods were used. Hair plug surgery was introduced in 1950’s and, since it was just new, the techniques used were quite barbaric. Moderately large patch of scalps were taken from certain areas of the head where hair was still growing and these patches were then inserted into the bald spots. The outcome could be compared to a cheap doll’s head because of the large grafts that looked like patches stuck on the head. This was very obvious and appeared worse than having a bald spot.
Because of developments in surgical technology, the techniques used for hair implants have been greatly iimproved. At present, the latest technique is called micro-transplantation. For this new procedure the surgeon, with the aid of his or her team, removes hundreds of individual follicles and these are reinserted one by one into balding area. An experienced surgeon can position the follicles to make the hair transplants look very natural and the transplants can also follow the direction of the surrounding natural hair. Also, the result is often unnoticeable to other people so the don’t realize that you had a procedure even if your scalp is closely inspected.
The procedure is now done in the surgeon’s office and a light general or local anesthesia is used. It takes a few hours of your day to complete one session. The great news is the fast healing process and if there is any pain it can be controlled by relievers.
If you are in search of a way to eliminate your bald spots and hide the effects of male pattern baldness, you should consider the hair plugs or hair implants procedure because it’s the only available treatment that has proven an almost 100% success rate.