Dubai is one of the seven emirates that make up the United
Arab Emirates, a federation located to the southeast of Arabian Peninsula.
Dubai is one of the important trading ports and Dubai international airport is
one of the busiest airports in the world. Dubai has made significant economic
and technological advancements from past few decades. Along with technological
advancements, the prevalence of medical conditions has also increased
considerably. Among the medical conditions, hair loss is one of the most common
occurrences seen in Dubai population.
Genetic hair loss
The most common type of hair loss experienced by population
of Dubai is genetic hair loss, also known as Androgenetic Alopecia. The
Androgenetic alopecia is seen in both men and women; however, is more common in
males. The hair loss in this type of hair loss follows a characteristic pattern
in males and females. Males experience receding frontline along with vertex
balding, and females experience hair thinning over the top of the head or crown
while maintain a frontal hairline. Because of this characteristic pattern of
hair loss followed in males and females, Androgenetic alopecia is also known as
‘male pattern baldness’ and ‘female pattern baldness’ in males and females
respectively.
Aetiology for genetic
hair loss
Genetic hair loss, male pattern hair loss, or female pattern
hair loss occurs because of the sensitivity of hair follicles to DHT or
androgen hormone. The sensitivity of receptor at the root of hair follicle to
DHT is decided by the genetics of the individuals. Furthermore, the hairs in
the frontal and vertex portion of the head are more sensitive to DHT and tend
to fall easily. The hairs at the back of head, essentially in “safe donor area”
are not sensitive to DHT and do not fall because of the genetic hair loss.
Treatment for genetic
hair loss
Hair loss experienced by men and women tend to look
extensively for its treatment. However, they are unable to receive any
satisfactory results with medications and any other therapy if they have
genetic hair loss. The permanent treatment with most promising results for
genetic hair loss is hair transplant procedure.
Hair transplant
Procedure
Hair transplant is a cosmetic surgical procedure in which
hair from the “safe donor area” which are not sensitive to DHT hormone are
transplanted to the recipient areas where hairs are thin or are has lost
because of hair loss. This surgery is essentially performed by a hair
transplant surgeon or a plastic surgeon, and it is a one day procedure with 4-5
days of post-operative healing period. Because of the increased prevalence of
hair fall in Dubai, predominantly at younger age, the popularity of hair
transplant in Dubai has increased significantly and the number of individuals undergoing hair
transplant in Dubai is increasing tenfold.
Hair transplant in
Dubai
There are two methods of hair transplant in Dubai, that are,
FUT (Follicular Unit Transplantation) and FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction).
Let’s discuss in brief about these techniques of hair transplant in Dubai.
FUT
FUT technique or strip method is a method of hair transplant
in which a strip of skin with hairs from donor area is surgically excised by
the surgeon and hair grafts extracted from this strip by the technicians under
magnification is implanted at the recipient site by the surgeon. In this
technique, a linear scar is formed at the donor site which can be made
practically invisible by using Trichophytic closure technique. FUT procedure
allows use of donor area efficiently and no trimming of hairs is required in
this procedure. Furthermore, the density of hairs in donor area is not reduced
and it allows another two subsequent sessions for hair transplant if required.
FUE
In FUE hair transplant in Dubai, individual extraction of
hair follicles from the donor area using a micro motor is employed. These
extracted hair grafts are then implanted by the surgeon at the recipient sites.
This technique allows limited extraction of hair follicles from the donor area
because overharvesting of the donor area might cause significant decreased in
the density of hairs at donor area which would be noticeable and unaesthetic.
Cost of hair
transplant in Dubai
As per online sources, the average cost of hair transplant in Dubai ranges from AED 10-12 for FUT treatment and AED 15-20 for FUE hair
transplant. This cost depends on multiple factors such as severity of baldness,
personal needs and candidacy.
Hair
transplant in India at low cost
Because of the high cost of hair transplant in Dubai,
hundreds of patients travel to India for hair transplant at low cost with high
quality instead of undergoing hair transplant in Dubai. The average cost of per
graft charges in India ranged from INR 40-100 which is significantly low as
compared to cost of hair transplant in Dubai. There are surgeons in India,
predominantly in Delhi and Jaipur who are active members
of ISHRS and ISAPS, and provide international standard hair transplant.
