{"id":1946,"date":"2020-01-11T09:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T09:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2020-01-09T10:25:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T10:25:55","slug":"is-hair-transplant-painful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/is-hair-transplant-painful\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Hair Transplant Painful?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With more than 50% of men over 49 years of age suffering from male pattern baldness according to most statistics<\/a> and a lot of women having hairline problems as well, it\u2019s not surprising that hair transplantation surgeries have come a long way in the past several decades. The quick progress that these procedures have made, however, also means that a lot of people don\u2019t know exactly how effective they currently are.<\/p>\n

So, to make things a bit clearer, let\u2019s go over some of the key questions, including one of the more pressing ones – Is hair transplant painful? The quick answer here is that yes, hair transplants hurt, but not too much and the pain\/discomfort from them should be perfectly manageable for most people. But to shed more light on the question, let\u2019s first explain what exactly hair transplants are.<\/p>\n

How do hair transplants work?<\/h3>\n

Hair transplantations are intricate procedures during which hair is taken from areas of the body where hair growth is still active (usually the sides and the back of the head) and is transplanted to the desired bald areas. Some procedures remove and transplant only individual hair follicles (follicular unit extraction – FUE) and others \u2013 entire strips of skin (follicular unit transplantation – FUT). Either way, the local anesthetic prevents any significant pain during the procedure itself.<\/p>\n