How Is A Flap Hair Transplant Done?

Using flaps of scalp skin to transplant areas rich in hair to areas that are lacking in hair has been done as a hair transplant technique for more than two decades. It is a technique that can cover large bald areas very quickly – one flap can be done in the same time as 350 tiny punch grafts.

The surgeon decides on the shape and position of each flap according to the individual patient's pattern of baldness. A section of bald scalp is cut out and a flap of hair-bearing skin is lifted off the surface while still attached at one end. The hair-bearing flap is brought into its new position and sewn into place. Care is taken to preserved the blood supply so that the graft heals very well. Any scar is well covered up by new hair, which grows to the edge of the flap. Flap surgery can now be done with scalp reduction for better coverage of the crown; or with tissue expansion, to provide better frontal coverage and a more natural hairline.