1.What is hair transplantation? Utilizing the principle that the advantageous hairs in the back of the occipital area are transplanted to other parts of the body without affecting the genetic characteristics of the hair follicles to continue to grow, hair transplantation is carried out in the hidden donor area to solve the problem of sparse or defective hairs in the forehead and the top of the head. 2.What is FuT and what is it used for? FuT is the Follicular Unit Scalp Strip Technique, which is a technique of cutting a strip of scalp from a safe donor area in the posterior occipital region, separating it into individual follicular unit grafts under a high-powered microscope, and transplanting them to the recipient area. 3.What is FuE and what is it used for? FuE is the follicular unit extraction technique, which is a hair transplantation technique without incision. It is a method of obtaining follicular units directly from the donor area of the scalp without cutting the strip of scalp. 4.How to choose the surgical method? When to use FuT, when to use FuE? FuT is suitable for people with large or serious hair loss area, can transplant more than 6000 follicular units at a time, generally more than 1500 follicular units transplantation are used in this method; FuE is suitable for people who can’t accept the strip scar and have high requirements for appearance, hair loss amount is small and special parts (beauty tip, eyebrow and eyelash) hair transplantation, scalp is too tight for the patient, generally transplantation of The general transplantation of 2000 follicular units or less. 5.What do I need to prepare before hair transplantation? One month before the operation, patients should be prohibited from using anticoagulant drugs such as aspirin and stop using hair growth agents; if there is a history of high blood pressure, heart disease, endocrine disease, patients need to be adjusted by the internal medicine department before the operation; patients who have had intravascular stent implantation surgery and taken long-acting anticoagulant drugs are not suitable to do hair transplantation. The scalp of the donor area should be trimmed to a length of 0.3~12.5px; the hair should be washed one day before and on the day of surgery; a cardigan should be worn on the day of surgery; normal diet should be taken in the morning of the surgery, and fasting is strictly prohibited. FuT people also need to pay attention to the two weeks before the operation to massage the donor area scalp (hands cross massage the back of the occipital area and both sides of the scalp, force upward to push the scalp, hold for 1 minute and then relax, repeat the action for 15 minutes, twice a day). 6.How many days can I live normally after hair transplantation? How long can I go out to meet guests? Hair transplantation is an outpatient procedure. The first day after the surgery, you can go indoor activities and come to the hospital to clean and change the medicine, after that, you can clean your own hair every day; the next day, you can work in the office, you can gather for dinner and shopping for three to five days, you can do light exercise for one week (Tai Chi, jogging), you can go out for business for ten days, you can do moderate exercise for two weeks (running, dumbbells), and you can go swimming for four weeks after the surgery. Generally 1 month after surgery implanted hair physiological shedding, three to six months will grow again, with the drug to grow hair can be maintained for life. 7.How long does it take for hair transplantation? How many days off work do I need to take? Generally, hair transplantation is an outpatient surgery under local anesthesia, one day is enough, we need the patient to come for the relevant procedures one day before the operation, and the first day after the operation for follow-up, open the bandage for shampooing and wound dressing, etc., and then the patient can go home. A total of 3 days of preparation is enough. 8.How to use the medication for hair loss? ① Finasteride tablets (trade name: Bovacid) 1mg orally once a day. If there are no side effects, take it orally for life; the drug concentration peaks in the first two years of oral administration, and then it is maintenance therapy; hair loss may return to the previous condition after 1 year of stopping the drug. If necessary, gradually discontinue the drug! It is important to note that women are prohibited from using it! ② Minoxidil Topical use Twice daily, 1.0~1.5mL each time Concentration of 2% and 5% two kinds, the latter is more effective, the onset of action time of an average of 12 weeks; but because of its irritation of the skin hair transplantation surgery is not recommended in the short term after the use. Recommended for 6 months to 1 year. Gradually discontinue the drug! 9.Why do the hairs have to fall out and grow back after hair transplantation? Hair has a growth cycle, the transplanted hair follicles will enter the resting period very quickly due to the surgery, and the hairs will grow back again after a resting period of 3 months. Resting period 3 months (about 15% of hairs) Growth period 2-6 years Regression period 2-3 weeks (85% of hairs) 10. What is the survival rate of hair transplant? Is the result good after surgery? Under regular operation, the survival rate of normal scalp can reach more than 95%, while the survival rate on scar is slightly lower, usually at 50-70%, depending on the blood circulation of the scar. Nowadays, hair follicles are implanted one by one, and the direction of each hair is well controlled, so that the postoperative appearance is natural and realistic.