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The problem of hair loss has increased significantly in recent days. In the past, hair loss occurred predominantly in males at older ages, however, nowadays, it can be commonly seen in both the sexes and that too at younger ages.
In Asia, the problem of hair loss in front and crown portion of head is commonly seen in male individuals. This could be due to genetic predisposition of population in Asia to hair loss. Similar to the increased occurrence of hair loss worldwide from past few decades, the problem of hair loss has also increased considerably in Asiatic countries. Various internal and external factors are responsible for hair loss. It is one of the topmost priorities for individuals with hair loss to get hair transplant. Hair transplant provides promising and permanent results with natural regrowth of hairs. The popularity of hair transplant in Asia has increased significantly from past decade because of availability of latest techniques and skilled surgeons totally dedicated to hair transplant.
The most commonly seen issue that restricts one from getting hair transplant done is finding a well reputed hair transplant center.
Medical tourism is referred to as traveling to other countries for medical and surgical needs. The frequency of people opting for medical tourism has increased lately because of unavailability of appropriate medical facilities in their countries or availability at high cost. Recent years have seen noteworthy increased medical tourism for hair transplant only. Patients from other countries travel to Asian countries for hair transplant because of availability of quality treatment from skilled surgeons at low cost. The hair loss treatment in some countries costs fortune and is not covered under insurance; so the patients are enforced to consider medical tourism for treatment needs.
The most commonly used techniques for hair loss are FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) and FUT (Follicular Unit Transplantation). Both the techniques are available in Asia at leading destinations with high success rates.
Also known as strip method of hair transplantation, it is traditional method of hair transplantation, which involves excision of a strip of hairs from the donor area (usually back of the head) to the recipient areas (area of baldness). A thin strip of skin is surgically excised from the donor site along with hair follicles. The technicians extract hair grafts from this strip of skin under magnifications. These extracted grafts are successfully implanted at the recipient site by a plastic surgeon with micro incision. This procedure leaves a liner horizontal scar at the donor site which could prevent the patient from wearing short hairs.
FUE is an advanced technique of hair transplant which requires experience and expertise from the surgeon. This is a minimally invasive procedure and practically scars less technique. Majorty of centers where FUE is available are equipped with latest technologies and have skilled plastic surgeons. In this technique, each hair follicle is removed individually using FUE punch from the donor area and implanted at the recipient area. Because this technique is totally scarless, the patient can wear short hairs after this technique. Despite the advantages of this procedure, it is time consuming and expensive as compared to FUT.
The choice to undergo FUE or FUT rests on a number of factors such as budget of the patient, pattern and severity of baldness, and hair styling requirements. Few centres perform a combination of FUE and FUT for severe cases of baldness to use the donor region efficiently.
The ISHRS (International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery) has reported that there is 18-20 % growth in the number of hair transplants performed globally every year and the highest growth rate has been reported in Asian countries (India, China). Also, the prevalence of hair transplant of other body regions such as eyebrows or facial hairs has increased from last few years. The country which performs highest number of hair transplants in Asia is India. With the availability of latest techniques and highly experienced surgeons, patients from developed countries such as USA, UK, Canada and UAE are traveling to India for their treatment needs.
Following are some of the available features in hair transplant centres in India which has motivated patients from US, Canada and UK to travel to India:
| Country | Average cost per graft |
| India | $ 0.43-0.64 |
| Turkey | $ 3-4 |
| Europe | $ 3-6 |
| UAE | $ 8-6 |
| USA | $ 10-17 |
The FUE hair transplant is widely applicable in the case of body hair transplant (BHT), eyebrow transplant, moustache transplant or if there is a very small Norwood grade of baldness. Dr Suneet Soni recommends it in a very special purpose if there is need to cover the higher grade of baldness for that expert Surgeon applies the combination method of the hair transplant, i.e., FUT+FUE hair transplant also knows Mega/Giga session
Dr Suneet Soni, founder of the Medispa Hair Transplant Centre, Jaipur, New Delhi (India) says that FUT is a Gold standard technique of hair transplant and if performed well by the skilled hands, supported by trained technicians and aided with the innovative and advanced equipment works, can cover a higher bald area in a single sitting without damaging any graft numbers.
Dr Suneet Soni has expertise in performing hair transplant with any technique FUT, FUE or BHT with best results. He is well known to perform hair transplant with least damage rate of <1%. His judicious and holistic approach makes him take sound decision of choice of technique in the best interest of patients. .
