Hair transplant – Certain innovations and how I do it with the DRAG knife
Hair transplant is the only surgical solution to baldness, and actually the only natural solution to it. As a plastic surgeon, I believe that all medical managements can at best be supporting surgery, but cannot replace it at all. Further non surgical methods like weaving and bonding, are very poor solutions to baldness, and people sporting these for long periods are rare to find. After having performed so many hair transplants over the past year or so, i have developed a certain technique, with which I believe I get superior results. However it is an individual decision and every surgeon has his own tricks, so here is mine
I do the microfollicular technique as described by Dr Carlos Uebel (Porto Alegre, Brazil). I take out the strip of hair bearing skin from the back of the head under tumescent local anesthesia. I perform a single layer closure of the scalp. Having taken out the strip, I then dissect out each single hair follicle, reserving the single hair follicular unit for the frontal hair line and the mini grafts for the rest of the head.
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For making the anterior hair line, I use a modified knife, which I call the DRAG knife (from the acronym DR Amit Gupta, my name). This knife has a special blade fitted to it, which only projects about 3 mm from the surface. It is a rectangular blade. The advantage of this blade, is that unlike the conventionally used No. 11 blade, this cannot pierce more than 3 mm, and thus the chances of bleeding are much reduced. Secondly the cutting edge is not as sharp, thus the chance of cutting the adjacent hair follicle is much reduced. Being so small, I am able to get a better hair density, particularly for the anterior hair line. I preslit about 1500 slits, to achieve greater density, and subsequently use to slit and plug technique more posteriorly. Thus I am able to make a combination of better speed and higher density, without any bleeding at all. I have now started doing megasessions of over 2000 hair follicular units, with much better results
Dr Amit Gupta is a Plastic Surgeon from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, who has specialized in the fields of Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Surgery, Microfollicular Hair Transplant, and Lasers. He joined Maulana Azad Medical College in 1994, and completed his MBBS in 1999, with University Honours. He was awarded with Gold Medal during his training for his academic excellence. He was awarded with the Lt. Governor’s Trophy for the Best All Round Medical Graduate in the year 1999, and Dr KB Sharma Shield for Best Contributor to Corporate Life of College. Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/hair-loss-articles/hair-transplant-certain-innovations-and-how-i-do-it-with-the-drag-knife-854529.html
Dr Amit Gupta joined the superspeciality Course of Plastic Surgery at Maulana Azad Medical College which he cleared in 2007 in his attempt. During his training he underwent training in Burns Trauma Management Cancer and Microvascular Surgery Reconstructive and Congenital Defect Correction Surgery. He then pursued specialized fellowships in Cosmetic Surgery in Belgium (Europe) and Brazil. He has trained with Dr Patrick Tonnard in Belgium where he was trained in MACS Lift Surgery which is the most current development in the field of Facial Rejuvenative Surgery in Europe. He then pursued fellowships in Cosmetic Surgery in Brazil where he trained with the likes of Dr Ruth Graf and Dr Ana Zulmira who are regarded as icons in Cosmetic Surgery
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