What To Consider Before Having Hair Transplants

Written by Kelly Altodona


Before considering having a hair transplant you might want to realize that there are a lot of drawbacks to hair replacement procedures. These include scarring, a disfigurement called cobbling andrepparttar reluctance ofrepparttar 137709 new hair to take torepparttar 137710 scalp. Although there are almost 200,000 physicians performing hair-restoration procedures inrepparttar 137711 United States, only a handful have success rates with their clients. Perhapsrepparttar 137712 most common thing to watch out for isrepparttar 137713 doctor who uses plugs to refurbishrepparttar 137714 hair on scalp. This is considered to be an outdate procedure that leavesrepparttar 137715 client with a scalp that sproutsrepparttar 137716 same kind of hair that you see on a plastic doll's head.

The most common form of hair loss replacement involvesrepparttar 137717 grafting of hairs fromrepparttar 137718 back and sides ofrepparttar 137719 head. These hairs are then individually transplanted to bald spots onrepparttar 137720 cranium. A mild anesthetic is used to preventrepparttar 137721 patient from experiencing pain duringrepparttar 137722 surgery. If there is post-surgical pain it is commonly treated with an average adult dose of Tylenol.

You might also want to realize that hair transplant surgery is not a magic solution to baldness. The results really do depend onrepparttar 137723 individual. Oncerepparttar 137724 transplants "take" you can still expect to look bald for many months untilrepparttar 137725 hair gains some length. You can expect transplanted hairs to grow atrepparttar 137726 normal human rate of about ¼ " to ½" a month. If not all ofrepparttar 137727 growth "takes" inrepparttar 137728 first session then you can end up with a patchy appearance onrepparttar 137729 balding spots that some may consider being even more unattractive thanrepparttar 137730 original bald spot. Also keep in mind that every time you have to redo a transplant that it can takerepparttar 137731 hair twice as long to grow back. This means that transplants that are replaced may grow as little a 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch a month.

What To Consider Before Having Liposuction

Written by Kelly Altodona


Liposuction is one ofrepparttar most popular quick fixes for weight loss inrepparttar 137708 country. Rather than spendrepparttar 137709 effort it takes to change your lifestyle and adopt healthy exercise and dieting practices you can simply hire a plastic surgeon to vacuum stubborn fat deposits away. The first thing you should consider before havingrepparttar 137710 operation is whether or not you can maintain your new body so that you don't have to repeatrepparttar 137711 ordeal again!

Liposuction can be performed on any area ofrepparttar 137712 body that needs to lose weight includingrepparttar 137713 upper arms, thighs, buttocks and belly. Liposuction can even be performed onrepparttar 137714 calves to give a female a more fetching looking legs.

There are also few factors to consider before giving your plastic surgeonrepparttar 137715 go ahead forrepparttar 137716 procedure. First of all don't have any illusions that liposuction will get rid of dimpled or rippled looking skin. If you had this type of orange peel look to your skin beforerepparttar 137717 procedure, chances are that you will still have it after as well.

Also keep in mind that if too much fat is lost your skin could sag in an unattractive way. You might have to have some ofrepparttar 137718 flesh snipped away and sewn up again if you want your skin to appear taut and firm.

Don't count on your liposuction procedure be an outpatient surgery. Depending on how much fat you are having sucked out your operation may require a hospital stay and general anesthesia. You may also require what is called "tumescent anesthesia" which involves injecting and suctioning a combination of plasma and anesthesia to minimizerepparttar 137719 amount of bruising and pain.

To lessenrepparttar 137720 discomfort and length ofrepparttar 137721 entire ordeal you might want to ask your plastic surgeon if he or she performs Ultrasonic assisted liposuction. This is a two- step procedure that utilizes energy from sound waves to liquefyrepparttar 137722 fat deposits before they are sucked out ofrepparttar 137723 body. Firstrepparttar 137724 doctor inserts a heated probe beneathrepparttar 137725 skin that causesrepparttar 137726 fat cells to burst and release their contents. The resulting buttery substance is then removed fromrepparttar 137727 body. One drawback of this procedure is that it can burnrepparttar 137728 skin and possibly cause more pain if your body tissue has resisted in any way torepparttar 137729 procedure.

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