The Procedure

1.When you arrive on the morning of your procedure you will be greeted by one of our staff members. You will be asked to fill out some basic forms while your doctor and surgical technicians prepare for the hair transplant surgery. You will also be asked to choose your lunch.

2.A technician will take your blood pressure and make sure you have followed the pre-operative instructions carefully. You will then be offered a mild sedative.

3.Next, you will be led into the procedure room.

4.Before the hair restoration surgery begins, Dr. Salloum will review your previously discussed goals and expectations, and work with you to determine the most effective use of your donor hair. The procedure will not move forward until you feel completely satisfied with the approach and design you and your doctor have agreed upon (Image A).

5.Hair transplant surgery begins with injections of local anesthesia into the donor area. The anesthesia will ensure that you feel no pain.

6.Next, the donor strip is harvested. During this part of the procedure, you will be lying face-down on a comfortable table very much like a massage table.

7.Once the strip removal is completed, Dr. Salloum will close the donor site using meticulous surgical technique (Image B). While your doctor is closing the donor site, technicians will begin separating follicular units from the donor area.

8.With the aid of stereoscopic dissecting microscopes, highly skilled technicians dissect follicular units (1-4 hair groupings) from sections of the donor strip.

9.Once this initial phase of your hair restoration is complete, you will be able walk around to stretch your legs or use the washroom. One of the technicians will bring refreshments for you while other staff members prepare the procedure room for the second phase of your hair restoration surgery.

10.For this part of the procedure, you will be seated in a comfortable, reclining procedure chair. As the hair transplant doctor creates recipient sites--small incisions (Image C) that will receive the donor hair--you can watch a movie, read, or listen to music. We supply a variety of materials, but you may also bring your own.

11.Recipient sites are created using the lateral-slit technique, the only surgical technique that mimics the alignment and distribution of hair as it occurs naturally. After the initial recipient site incisions are made, the first wave of grafts will be placed.

12.Lunch is provided.

13.After lunch, hair transplant surgery will continue: the doctors place more grafts and create more recipient sites. At almost anytime during the day, you can request a break to use the washroom or stand up and stretch.

14.Once the procedure is finished, you will be presented with an after-care package. This package consists of various medications such as antibiotics, mild painkillers and other assorted items to make post-operative healing as comfortable as possible.