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Before surgery, the patient's expectations and the possibility of their fulfillment are thoroughly discussed, and the surgery plan is put into writing. Moreover, just before surgery its scope and procedures are confirmed once more and photographic records are taken. The patient is asked to orally take some medicine to prepare him for the surgery. Thereafter, a local anesthesia is performed. It prevents pain during the surgery, and for a few hours after it. The hair in the donor area is cut in such a way that the suture is not visible at the end of surgery. After the mentioned preparation the patient is taken to the OR, where the tissue from the donor site is collected. The wound is sutured from edge to edge. Then the patient rests comfortably and the surgeon begins the most important stage of the operation i. e. preparing of the harvested tissue to obtain micro-grafts. The surgeon acts carefully in order not to waste any of the hair follicles. The size of the micro-grafts has to be matched well as to fit to the prepared micro holes in the recipient area. At "Medical Hair", we are used to applying micro-grafts with a diameter of 0,6-0,9 mm. The micro holes are located as close to each other as possible. In turn the hair obtains the optimal density and grow in a natural direction. During this procedure it has to be taken into consideration that some patients will need hair thickening in the future. The transplantation of about 800 micro-grafts usually takes about two hours. In exceptional situations we are able to transplant up to 2000 micro-grafts, but in the majority of cases the scope of surgery is limited by the quantity of hair follicles that can by obtained.
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