Patients own hair is taken from back of scalp and transplanted over bald areas by follicular unit technique. This hair is permanent, grows normally, needs hair cut & shampooing. Also done over moustache, beard and eye brows.
This is one of the commonest cosmetic surgery performed. Baldness is usually hereditary and may be of male or female type. It can be done in any age & sex in an adult person.
Transplanted hair is natural hair, which grows normally, needs hair cut, shampooing, can be transplanted in limited hair lost areas of eyebrows, moustache & beard also.
This is 5 to 6 hours surgery, done under local anaesthesia. Patient can move around, eat, drink & enjoy music and movies during surgery.
Operation is done under local anaesthesia. Donar hair is taken from posterior part of scalp & area is closed directly. The area of scalp with hair is divided into small pieces called pluks (or follicles). each containing 1 to 4 hair roots. They are transplanted over bald area. This is called Minimicrograph Technique & Follicular Unit Transfer Technique (FUT).

In persons where adequate number of scalp hair is not available for transplantation, body hair can be taken and transplanted over scalp. This is called Body Hair Transparent (BHT) or follicular extraction technique (FUE). This sutcherless technique can be done in case of scalp hair transplant also.                                                                                                                                                    
Transplanted hair takes 3 to 6 months to grow. The donar area is not visible. In the post operative period Minoxidil is applied locally along with oral medicines. Patient can go home on the same day and can join to office on the next day.
Some of the hairs which are transplanted along with some normal hairs may fall in first two weeks which may be around 2% - 5% in male and upto 15% approx. in females. This is called Telogen hair Loss. Within One & half Months. All hairs start going including which also has fallen because the transplanted hair root remain viable or alive within the scalp. The hair which grows is permanent, grows after hair cut even after shaving of scalp.