Hair Transplant in India: Is it a wise decision?

Hair transplant procedure, a cosmetic procedure to restore the hair loss due to various conditions, is very popular and in demand nowadays. It has been proved to be highly effective hair loss solution in men and women. Along with providing more hairs and restoring hairs in previous bald areas, hair transplant procedure re-establish a person’s good looks along with self-confidence and self-esteem. Hair transplant procedure is not less than a boon for patients with genetic hair loss and for those who might have lost their hairs in some traumatic experience.There are numerous causes for hair loss such as sickness, medical treatments and injuries because of accidents; however the most common cause of hair loss for which majority of people look for hair transplant in India is Androgenetic Alopecia, also known as genetic hair loss, male pattern  baldness or female pattern baldness. For genetic hair loss, the hair grafts from the back of head are transplanted to the area of baldness. The back of head is known as safe donor area. The hair grafts in the safe donor area are very less sensitive to DHT, the hormone responsible for causing hair thinning and resultant hair fall in other regions of the scalp. Because of this property of hairs in the safe donor area, the best and permanent results of hair transplant procedure are only possible if hairs are transplanted from the safe donor area only.

However, hairs in the safe donor area are available in limited number only that can be used for hair transplant surgery. This means that for full coverage of baldness with 2-3 sessions of hair transplant, the first and second session should be performed with utmost precision so that hairs are available for subsequent hair restoration procedures.

Hair transplant in India

In recent years, the number of excessive hair loss cases in India has increased tremendously because of change in lifestyle, eating habits and environmental (pollution) factors. The cost of Hair transplant in India ranges from 70,000 to 1, 30,000 INR. “Aesthetic sense” of a hair transplant surgeon is of utmost importance to the profession of hair transplant surgery as science itself. With the advancement in technology and tools in Hair transplant in India, there has been a recent mount in the figure of World class clinics with state-of-the-art technology and quality aesthetic surgeons in India, largest and one of the welcome tourist destination in Asia.

Advices to help Patients prepare for Hair Transplant surgery in India:

• Cost of Hair Transplant in India (Each graft implantation costs around 40-100 INR).
• Choosing a Right Surgeon (A hair restoration must be performed by an experienced cosmetic and plastic surgeon (M.Ch.) having surgical experience of at least 10 years having performed at least 4000 exclusive successful hair transplant cases).
• Choosing a Right clinic (The hair transplant clinic must have the highest-standard for safeness & hygiene by following the local anaesthesia, fumigation, Sterilization, and proper bio-waste management).
• Consultation (A good consultation is a key to a success in hair transplant. it is the responsibility of an ethical surgeon to provide the information brochures, provide albums of preoperative and postoperative photographs, provide videos of preoperative and postoperative transplantation, talk in detail first and then operate later).
• Physical Examination (A thorough scalp examination is essentially required for any patient contemplating Hair restoration surgery).

Cost of Hair Transplant in India is based on the following factors:

Hair transplant cost in India is quite affordable as compared to the other countries like United States, Canada, Australia, UK etc. 

Hair transplant cost, in general, depends on several factors. The various factors are:

1. Number of Needed Grafts to cover the bald region (Less region to be covered = Fewer Grafts needed = Lower the Cost)
2. Donor region (from where the hair follicles are to be extracted, scalp or body hair or moustache or beard)
3. The recipient region like scalp, beard, moustache, eyebrow/eyelash reconstruction
4. The technique used in grafts implantation, FUT/FUE or a combination of FUT/FUE
5. Doctors’ qualification, expertise, and experience