BEAUTY
Surrey’s Premier Lifestyle Magazine
Battling baldness
Have you ever run your hand through thinning hair and wished you had the luscious locks you did when you were younger? If the words ‘comb’ or ‘hairbrush’ have long since lost all relevance to you, then you are definitely not alone. The experienced team at Bella Vou Pantiles Clinic in Tunbridge Wells might just offer the solution.
There are 6.5 million men in the UK that suffer with male pattern baldness. Almost 50% of men already have noticeable hair loss by the age of 35 and some when they are barely out of their teens.
Often people find it difficult to come to terms with hair loss and balding, and women and young men in particular suffer with a lack of self-esteem and feel very self-conscious. Thanks to modern surgical techniques, a hair transplant can offer a permanent solution to combat hair loss.
Hair transplant surgery addresses balding, thinning and receding hair by removing healthy hair follicles from a donor region and grafting them onto the bald or thinning areas. Unsightly hair plugs are thankfully a thing of the past and modern hair transplants result in a fuller, completely natural looking head of hair.
Mr Amir Nakhdjevani, lead surgeon and hair restoration specialist at the Bella Vou cosmetic surgery clinic in Tunbridge Wells, considers the surgical options available to combat hair loss: There are two common hair transplant techniques: Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT). FUE involves transplanting individual hair follicles from one part of the body to another, meaning transplanted hair will survive and grow as it did in the donor area, with a natural appearance. This technique can be used to restore depleted eyebrows, lashes, beards, sideburns as well as the scalp.
The alternative procedure, FUT, involves surgically removing a strip of tissue from a donor area (usually at the back of the head) which is cut into many individual follicular units using microscopic dissection techniques. FUT enables large numbers of follicle units to be transplanted; during FUE treatments, the greatest number of follicle units transferred in a single session is about 3,000 while up to 7,000 follicle units can be transplanted using FUT.
Your surgeon will determine the most appropriate technique for your needs during an initial consultation, depending on the number of hairs required. The duration of a hair transplant procedure varies according to the number of new hair grafts required. Typical procedures last between four and eight hours.
Procedures are virtually pain-free and are performed under local anaesthetic. Bella Vou has perfected minimally invasive hair transplant techniques that reduce trauma to the donor area and ensure a very high success rate for the transplanted hairs. Bella Vou surgeons are even able to minimise scarring (a common downside of FUT hair transplants) in a way that makes it possible for hairs to grow through the scar, thus making the scar virtually invisible which is a significant breakthrough. Patients are fully recovered from the procedure within two to three days and don’t normally require time off work.
Whilst recovery is quick and straightforward, you do have to be patient as the newly transplanted hair only starts to come through after three to four months. The full result can take between nine and 18 months before the hair is at its most dense. The good news is that newly transplanted hairs will be permanent and no longer prone to male pattern baldness.
Hair transplants are typically charged per hair graft, so the total cost is determined by the number of hairs required. Average costs are around £2 per graft; if you have quite advanced hair loss, you may require anything from 3,000 to 7,500 hairs, so costs range from £6,000 to £15,000. The typical balding head usually requires 2,500 to 4,000 hairs. If you are almost entirely bald, the procedure is done in stages as only so much hair can be harvested at once.
Hair transplant clients report improved self-confidence and a feeling that a great burden has been lifted from them. If you are suffering from hair loss, fear not – comb-overs, wigs and weaves are out and hair transplants offer an effective, permanent and natural solution to hair loss.
Often people find it difficult to come to terms with hair loss and balding, and women and young men in particular suffer with a lack of self-esteem and feel very self-conscious. Thanks to modern surgical techniques, a hair transplant can offer a permanent solution to combat hair loss.
Hair transplant surgery addresses balding, thinning and receding hair by removing healthy hair follicles from a donor region and grafting them onto the bald or thinning areas. Unsightly hair plugs are thankfully a thing of the past and modern hair transplants result in a fuller, completely natural looking head of hair.
Mr Amir Nakhdjevani, lead surgeon and hair restoration specialist at the Bella Vou cosmetic surgery clinic in Tunbridge Wells, considers the surgical options available to combat hair loss: There are two common hair transplant techniques: Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT). FUE involves transplanting individual hair follicles from one part of the body to another, meaning transplanted hair will survive and grow as it did in the donor area, with a natural appearance. This technique can be used to restore depleted eyebrows, lashes, beards, sideburns as well as the scalp.
The alternative procedure, FUT, involves surgically removing a strip of tissue from a donor area (usually at the back of the head) which is cut into many individual follicular units using microscopic dissection techniques. FUT enables large numbers of follicle units to be transplanted; during FUE treatments, the greatest number of follicle units transferred in a single session is about 3,000 while up to 7,000 follicle units can be transplanted using FUT.
Your surgeon will determine the most appropriate technique for your needs during an initial consultation, depending on the number of hairs required. The duration of a hair transplant procedure varies according to the number of new hair grafts required. Typical procedures last between four and eight hours.
Procedures are virtually pain-free and are performed under local anaesthetic. Bella Vou has perfected minimally invasive hair transplant techniques that reduce trauma to the donor area and ensure a very high success rate for the transplanted hairs. Bella Vou surgeons are even able to minimise scarring (a common downside of FUT hair transplants) in a way that makes it possible for hairs to grow through the scar, thus making the scar virtually invisible which is a significant breakthrough. Patients are fully recovered from the procedure within two to three days and don’t normally require time off work.
Whilst recovery is quick and straightforward, you do have to be patient as the newly transplanted hair only starts to come through after three to four months. The full result can take between nine and 18 months before the hair is at its most dense. The good news is that newly transplanted hairs will be permanent and no longer prone to male pattern baldness.
Hair transplants are typically charged per hair graft, so the total cost is determined by the number of hairs required. Average costs are around £2 per graft; if you have quite advanced hair loss, you may require anything from 3,000 to 7,500 hairs, so costs range from £6,000 to £15,000. The typical balding head usually requires 2,500 to 4,000 hairs. If you are almost entirely bald, the procedure is done in stages as only so much hair can be harvested at once.
Hair transplant clients report improved self-confidence and a feeling that a great burden has been lifted from them. If you are suffering from hair loss, fear not – comb-overs, wigs and weaves are out and hair transplants offer an effective, permanent and natural solution to hair loss.
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Contact Bella Vou’s hair restoration experts today to discuss your requirements.Website: www.bellavou.co.uk
Telephone: 01892 257040
Skin rejuvenation and micro needling
Cosmetic and micro needling has been available for years, but what makes this skin treatment so special? essence found out more from Naomi Diamond of Epsom Skin Clinics.For those who have read about micro needling, or have heard of Dermaroller, the treatment may seem daunting, however, it is very effective in rejuvenating the skin.
Micro needling penetrates the skin with thousands of microscopic needle columns, encouraging the skin’s natural repair process and creating tiny channels that allow peptide-rich products or hyaluronic acid to penetrate deeper. As skin regenerates, new collagen and skin cells are formed and blood supply is enhanced creating a rejuvenating effect to soften and reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
Here at Epsom Skin Clinics we can also use the treatment to target specific skin remodelling for areas suffering from scarring and even stretch marks. For those not wishing to undertake injectables, but who are still interested in reducing wrinkles or improving skin texture, this is a great place to start.
By encouraging cell turnover, micro needling results in smoother, more radiant skin with fine lines and wrinkles appearing more subtle and reduced. The treatment can be intensified for those with acne scarring. Combined with microdermabrasion, micro needling can improve texture and tone, whilst re-educating the skin to appear more even in appearance.
Immediately after treatment, skin can feel warm and tight – almost like mild sunburn – and it will look quite red. I would say it takes about two days before redness subsides (this can be covered with make-up) and a week for the skin to return to normal. The rejuvenation process will continue over following months, providing a natural and long lasting enhancement.
I normally recommend a series of three to four micro needling treatments, with approximately six weeks between each one. For the treatment of acne scars, other types of scarring and stretch marks it may be necessary to extend the micro needling therapy, as well as perhaps combining it with other treatments to obtain optimum results.
Treatment times vary for each area of the skin and from clinic to clinic. Here at Epsom Skin Clinics, treatment time is approximately 30 minutes for the face and up to 60 minutes for face, neck and décolletage, or stretch mark treatment. A topical anaesthetic is applied 30 minutes before the treatment to make it more comfortable.
Why not add in a Dermalux? This LED light therapy stimulates individual skin cells and improves every cell function.
Don’t forget the aftercare. To maintain results after micro needling treatment, clients should have a homecare plan, depending on their main concerns. In general, the rejuvenating and repairing benefits of Endocare ampoules are a must alongside a micro needling course. Aiding the remodelling of skin with powerful elements found in the protective serum of a snail, Endocare can encourage repair and healing after micro needling. In addition, homecare rollers used with a peptide serum two times a week can really help with problem areas.
A step up from micro needling, but not quite at surgery level, is the Enerjet. With only approximately 15 devices in the UK, this unique treatment uses kinetic energy to fire hyaluronic solution under the skin without the use of needles. It works on the skin in much the same way as micro needling, however, Enerjet offers a much enhanced lifting effect on skin laxity and scarring.
Visit one of the Epsom Skin Clinics to see how their skin experts could help enhance your natural beauty.
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Epsom Skin ClinicsWebsite: www.epsomskinclinics.com
Telephone: 01372 737280 (Epsom) or 020 8399 5996 (Surbiton)