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Hair Growth And Hair Transplants
- By Dominic Donaldson
- Published 05/7/2009
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Dominic Donaldson
Dominic Donaldson is an expert on hair transplant and contributes to trade publications on the subject.
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Although it is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, feeling good inside can make a huge difference on how we are perceived by others. Happiness and confidence can be boosted by cosmetic enhancement, and restoring a former crowning glory with a hair transplant has been known to transform many people's lives no matter what has caused hair loss.
The reasons that people lose their hair can be associated with genes, ageing, illness, stress and genes. Any one or a combination of these factors can disrupt normal hair growth, or be the cause of a change in hair growth. Patients that are planning to undergo hair transplant surgery will learn more about their hair growth in a few weeks than they ever knew over the years before, to ascertain why hair loss is occurring.
The hair growth cycle happens in three stages, each of which refers to the activity of the follicle rather than the growth of hair. The first is a growing stage, as this suggests, this is when the follicle is in an active state, and the growth of hair occurs, for the scalp this cycle can last anywhere between three and five years before the hair enters the next phase, known as an intermediate phase.
The intermediate stage lasts around two weeks, and during this time the hair follicles begin to collapse at the base, which is the beginning of the follicle making way for a new hair. This stage is followed by a period of rest for the follicle, which is when the hair is shed. The follicle will remain in a state of rest for around four months, and then a new hair will begin to emerge.
At any one time this resting stage accounts for around ten per cent of all the hair follicles, and so in normal hair growth, this natural loss is indeterminable. Through hair transplantation, the more active follicles located at the back of the head are moved to scalp areas where follicles have entered a permanent resting period.
The donor hairs continue to grow as they would in the original site, producing natural hair growth where it is wanted. For a natural look, hair transplant procedures relocate groups of follicles at a time in a naturally occurring pattern using one to four clumps at a time. This ensures that the dolls head look that was once a feature of hair transplants that used whole strips of donor follicles, is avoided, restoring the hair to former glory and boosting the confidence of the patient.
The reasons that people lose their hair can be associated with genes, ageing, illness, stress and genes. Any one or a combination of these factors can disrupt normal hair growth, or be the cause of a change in hair growth. Patients that are planning to undergo hair transplant surgery will learn more about their hair growth in a few weeks than they ever knew over the years before, to ascertain why hair loss is occurring.
The hair growth cycle happens in three stages, each of which refers to the activity of the follicle rather than the growth of hair. The first is a growing stage, as this suggests, this is when the follicle is in an active state, and the growth of hair occurs, for the scalp this cycle can last anywhere between three and five years before the hair enters the next phase, known as an intermediate phase.
The intermediate stage lasts around two weeks, and during this time the hair follicles begin to collapse at the base, which is the beginning of the follicle making way for a new hair. This stage is followed by a period of rest for the follicle, which is when the hair is shed. The follicle will remain in a state of rest for around four months, and then a new hair will begin to emerge.
At any one time this resting stage accounts for around ten per cent of all the hair follicles, and so in normal hair growth, this natural loss is indeterminable. Through hair transplantation, the more active follicles located at the back of the head are moved to scalp areas where follicles have entered a permanent resting period.
The donor hairs continue to grow as they would in the original site, producing natural hair growth where it is wanted. For a natural look, hair transplant procedures relocate groups of follicles at a time in a naturally occurring pattern using one to four clumps at a time. This ensures that the dolls head look that was once a feature of hair transplants that used whole strips of donor follicles, is avoided, restoring the hair to former glory and boosting the confidence of the patient.