Robotic Hair Transplant
Robotic technology, which is frequently used in the field of health in the world, especially in liver and heart surgeries, has also had an important place in hair surgery. After countries such as Japan, America and England, Turkmen Hair Transplant is successfully applied in Turkey by the Plastic Surgery Group.
The process of collecting hair follicles by a hair transplant robot with an automatic technology instead of conventional methods, opening the channels in the transplantation area with an advanced technology and manually transplanting these follicles into the channels opened with minimum error includes robotic hair transplantation processes.
How is hair transplantation done with robotic surgery?
In robotic hair surgery, which we can call a comfortable method for the patient, hair follicles that do not fall out for life are taken from the nape area. Thanks to its optical readers, the robot sees the direction of the root under the skin and collects the roots with almost zero error. The aim is to collect the strongest hair follicles in quality. While the robot is operating, the operator at the computer can intervene in the hair transplant robot when he deems it necessary. If the operator does not intervene, the robot automatically detects the hair follicles to be taken, and automatically determines which follicle to take in the next step. An important advantage of the hair transplant robot is that it does not cause any damage to the existing healthy hair while collecting the hair follicles. The robot does two important jobs: collecting roots and opening canals.
It is possible to summarize the channel opening process as follows; Everyone has a different hair growth direction and density that needs to be transplanted to appear in a certain volume. Thanks to its optical reader, the robot memorizes the hair follicles and opens channels without damaging the existing ones.
Before the procedure, photographs of the patient are taken from the front, from the back, from the top and from the side, and the head structure is made into a 3D format on the computer. Thus, how much hair will be planted in which area, how the hair will be directed, at what angle it will be planted, is prepared in a meticulous, scientific and professional way, just like preparing an architectural project. Patients can enter the procedure without any question marks in their minds. The process takes about 7-8 hours and is completed on the same day.
What should be done after the procedure?
After the procedure, the tissue from which the hair follicles are taken in the nape of the patients is covered with a bandage for 48 hours to prevent germs.
In robotic transplants, no liquid is given under the skin. Therefore, since the subcutaneous tissue is not traumatized, edema and swelling are less common in robotic transplants compared to the FUE method. Wound healing is much faster.
Depending on the patient’s needs, a tennis player forehead band is used for 2-3 days. This band prevents the liquid on the forehead from descending around the eyes and creating a bruised appearance. The patient is given an edema-solving pill for three days. It is recommended to drink 2.5 liters of water a day, and to make this edema disappear quickly by making ice compresses every hour. One day after the operation, he is called for control. It is checked whether there is a problem such as bleeding, infection, swelling, edema. Almost 100% everything goes well.
48 hours after hair transplantation, a process called the first wash is performed. The purpose of this is; While the patient is planting, the canal is opened and each canal has an angle. This angle, when one tiny incision is made, the skin is separated and a cleft is formed. Over time, this area crusts over. However, this crusting is desired to occur gradually. If it suddenly crusts quickly, undesirable situations may occur, such as infection of the hair root placed in it. For this reason, hair washing procedures that start two days after the operation continue for eight days and are applied once a day are performed. In this process, a lotion is applied to the skin and waited for 20 minutes. Thus, the skin becomes soft. Then washing is done. By the eighth day, the patient’s crusts become more prominent and their color changes from redness to brown. Eventually, the browns also start to harden gradually. In the last wash on the eighth day, applying lotion is kept for 40-50 minutes. Then the shells are gently poured one by one. On the tenth day, all the crusts of the patient have fallen, as if his hair has been cut short. Patients are extremely happy when they see them in the mirror with the feeling of having their hair cut short.
After transplantation, it is necessary to take good care of the hair. For this reason, it would be correct to use special shampoos, sprays and tablets that strengthen the hair. This treatment is recommended to patients by Turkmen Hair Transplant specialists.
When can patients return to their normal lives?
There is no problem in terms of health and you can return to work one day later. However, in terms of appearance, the redness will go away and the crusts will peel off, in short, everything will be completely finished after 10 days.
What are the advantages of robotic hair transplantation?
In classical hair transplantation methods, the direction of hair growth depends on the attention of the specialist who performs the angle operation. In robotic hair transplantation, elements such as the direction and angle of hair growth are planned with the instructions and programs given to the robot. Thanks to the special magnifying glass of the hair transplant robot, it provides 10,000 times growth in imaging the follicular unit and eliminates the margin of error. Before planting, a personalized hair design is made. In order to create a 3D model, photographs are taken from five different angles. Thanks to the created 3D model, it is determined how much hair transplantation should be done in which area, so what kind of image will be formed after transplantation. Compared to Fue and DHI techniques, the healing process is faster. One of the important advantages of robotic hair surgery is that it provides a natural appearance. Thanks to the advanced technology of the robot, the hair looks like it has grown naturally. When we lift our own hair and look at the bottom, we do not see a hollow, artificial image. Hair is one with the skin. It is possible to make the natural hair growth with the closest robotic hair surgery. This can be explained as follows; In the FUE method, 3mm depth is created with a tool that is 1/3 of the thickness of the razor blade called slit, while a hollow image does not occur as the robot descends to a depth of 1.5mm. Thus, results that satisfy both the patient and the physician emerge. Robotic hair surgery should be performed by a specialist physician. Especially in cases with a handful of openings in the anterior region, the robot is the right choice. When interplanting is required, robotic hair surgery should also be preferred for tightening.