Hair Transplantation (BALDNESS)

Hair Transplantation (BALDNESS)
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	Dr. Manoj Khanna is the pioneer of hair transplantation in India. The first Workshop on 'Hair Transplant' was organized by the Baroda Association of Plastic Surgeons(BAAPS) in 2001, where Dr. Khanna demonstrated live an operation and taught 145 plastic surgeons from all over India the basics and finer aspects of Hair transplant. Subsequently, Dr. Manoj Khanna has performed live workshops all over the country, on invitation from various Medical Colleges and Associations. He was awarded the First Prize for the Best Paper for his work on Hair Transplant at the 8th International Congress of Oriental society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Bali, Indonesia in Oct 2002. He has given talks on different aspects of hair transplant at numerous international and national forums, including the World Congress of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) in Houston in 2004. He was invited as Faculty to the VIIIth European Society of Laser and Aesthetic Surgery (ESLAS) meeting at Athens, Greece in May 2007, and gave a lecture on 'Current scenario of Hair Transplantation in India' which was widely appreciated by delegates from all over the world. He was the only Indian delegate invited to present a paper at the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) meeting at Melbourne in Feb 2008, where he presented a talk on 'Striving for excellence in Hair Transplantation- The Kolkata slit- Review of 1100 cases'. He was invited by the editorial Board of Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery to write a review article on 'Hair Transplantation Surgery' which can be viewed at http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2008;volume=41;issue=3;spage=56;epage=63;aulast=Khanna. He was invited as Guest Faculty to the 'Aesthetic Asia' meeting in Singapore in September 2009 to give a talk on "Hair transplantation" and "MegaLiposuction". He has been invited to give lectures and do live workshops by Medical Colleges and Associations of Plastic Surgery in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Patna, Goa, Jaipur, Bhopal, Pune, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Agra, Khajuraho, Varanasi and many other cities. Dr. Khanna has now gone global, and has opened office in United Arab Emirates (UAE), and in Dhaka, besides his offices in Mumbai and Delhi since 2001. He has been operating and seeing patients in Dubai and Dhaka since 2008. Hair transplantation is the most common cosmetic surgery procedure requested by male patients. The commonest cause of baldness is genetic. Depending upon the severity, male baldness is classified into 7 grades. Hair falls from the front and the centre of the head, but even in the cases of extreme baldness, hair loss does not occur from the back and sides of the head, as these hairs are permanent and are not influenced by the gene that causes baldness. Hairs are taken from the sides and back of the head and hair transplant or grafting is done to the bald area by Follicular Unit Transplant Technique(FUT) and single hair grafts.. Hairs in the scalp are arranged in Follicular Units, and each unit has 1, 2, 3 or 4 hairs. In the Follicular Unit Transplant Technique(FUT), hair follicles in these units or grafts of 1, 2, 3 or 4 hairs are transplanted in the bald areas. The transplanted hair are permanent, grow like normal hair and need haircuts later. The transplanted hair never fall and grow continuously at a rate of 2-3 cm per month like other hair. Shampoo and oil can be applied & they can be combed to the style of your choice. The entire procedure is done under local anesthesia while the patient is fully awake. There is a cable TV set up in the Operation Theatre, and the patient watches television or listens to music whilst the Hair transplant surgery is being done.  4 to 6 people work at the same time, and it takes 3 to 6 hours for a sitting of hair transplantation to be complete. The patient goes home immediately after the operation. One or more sittings may be required, depending on the severity and extent of baldness. Usually, a maximum of upto 2500 to 3000 follicular unit grafts, i.e. 6000 to 7500 hair follicles can be transplanted in one sitting. If required, the next sitting can be done after 6 months. Anyone can do 4 to 5 sittings at the gap of 6 months each to cover a big area of baldness. Dr Manoj Khanna and his team have satisfied more than 1400 cases of hair transplant till date (31/08/2009) He has performed hair transplant for many stars from Bollywood and Tollywood, cricketers and almost all cricket TV commentators, including ex-India captains, and many other well-known personalities, esp on TV. Some results can be seen in the photo gallery of this website.