Treatment for Male Pattern Baldness Philippines

Follicular Unit Transplant(Strip Method) Follicullar Unit Extraction Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy Medical Treatment- Minoxidil

Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) is a procedure where hair is transplanted from the permanent zone, the area in the back and sides of the scalp where hair is more resistant to balding, to the bald or balding areas of the scalp. This is accomplished using naturally-occurring groups of 1, 2, 3, or 4 hairs, called follicular units. After the patient’s scalp is anesthetized, the doctor removes a strip of tissue from the donor area, an area within the permanent zone, and, once extracted, the donor strip is cut into many individual follicular units using microscopic dissection techniques. As these follicular unit grafts are being prepared, the doctor makes tiny holes in the scalp, called recipient sites, where the grafts are placed. The arrangement and positioning of these follicular unit grafts determines the aesthetic qualities of a hair transplant, and so this arrangement must be decided on a case-by-case basis, depending on the patients’ history of hair loss and likelihood of future hair loss. Since follicular unit transplants mimic the way hair grows in nature, the results, in expert hands, will look completely natural and be indistinguishable from one’s original hair.

PLATELET RICH PLASMA HAIR TREATMENT (PRP)PRP in Hair Transplantation The potential for using PRP to promote healing and hair growth after hair transplantation is centered in three functional applications: To preserve and enhance hair follicle viability during and after hair transplantation;To promote and enhance tissue repair and healing after hair transplantation; and,To reinvigorate dormant hair follicles and stimulate new hair growth.To Preserve and Enhance Hair Follicle Viability Between the time that hair follicles are removed from a donor area of the scalp and transplanted into a recipient area, they are subject to damage from several causes: Dehydration if the donor follicles are inadequately moistened between the times of removal and transplantation;Oxygen and nutrient starvation due to being removed from blood supply during the harvest-to-transplantation time period;Temperature and acid/alkaline changes in the follicle environment; and,Revascularization injury when the donor follicles are transplanted to the recipient site and must re-adapt to having a blood supply.A common approach to maintaining donor hair follicle viability during the transition period is to keep them in a storage solution that provides a protective environment of appropriate temperature, chemical balance and nutrient supply. Recent research has indicated that addition of PRP to the storage solution improves follicle viability during and after transplantation, enhances post-transplantation tissue healing and promotes hair growth in transplanted follicles. An approach advocated by some investigators is to bathe the donor hair follicles in activated PRP just prior to transplantation. Investigators have reported that PRP promotes hair growth from follicles by the action of platelet growth factors on hair follicle stem cells