They say a woman can go out without make up as long as she has a good mascara and lip gloss. True to that, long and curly eyelashes make up for bare skin as it draws attention to the eyes. Women all over the world go from false eye lashes to eyelash extensions (that only last for a month or two), to those ridiculously expensive volumizing and lengthening mascaras just to achieve that sexy flutter.
Sad to say, the more we use products to make our eyelashes look longer and fuller, the more we lose them, like for women who frequent salons for an eyelash extension, most of their real eyelashes fall off as the extensions fall of making their eyelashes thinner and shorter.
Few are born with naturally thick and curled lashes so for those who are not as gifted, temporary solutions like extensions or a more permanent option such as eyelash transplant.
WHAT IS EYELASH TRANSPLANT?
Eyelash transplant is a cosmetic procedure that involves transplanting hair follicles as eyelashes around the eyes. The procedure will involve harvesting hair from the back of the scalp, then processing for the hair follicle, and finally, threading each hair follicle into the skin along the eyelid using a special instrument.
At Yoskarn Clinic, Prof. Somyos Kunachak’s team uses the FUE or Follicular Unit Extraction, and Strip Harvesting method for hair transplant. FUE is a method of harvesting individual follicular unit directly from the patient’s donor area, ideally one at a time making the procedure less traumatic. The other procedure, which is also available in our clinic, is the strip harvesting for which a strip of hair bearing scalp is removed, and each hair follicle is manually split under microscope or magnification.
WHAT RESULT CAN YOU EXPECT AFTER EYELASH TRANSPLANT?
It will take a while before the hair starts to grow, but on average, patients start to notice the result in 3-4 months. After this period, patients will note a significant increase in the volume and length of their eyelashes. Though our surgeons team will do their best to control the direction the transplanted hair will go, you will still need to trim and curl your lashes up yourself from time to time.
WHAT CAN OUR CLINIC OFFER?
Eyelash Transplant is not yet a very popular cosmetic procedure so only a few centers offer this, however, our clinic is working with a team of highly trained doctors and nurses who had been offering hair transplant for years. Prof. Somyos Kunachak himself participates in the whole procedure, but this is not one man surgery, so he picked on of the best hair transplant team in Thailand to work with him for all our hair transplant procedures.
Aside from the quality of our work, we also take pride in offering a whole package of services from transportation to hotel accommodations, to tours after recovery.
Our affiliate hotel, Aphrodite Inn, is located adjacent our own center, with one whole floor dedicated to all our patients who would like to have any surgery or treatment with us. Each room on the 2nd floor of Aphrodite Inn is complete with mechanical beds and soft, hotel, mattresses to assure patient comfort. Since there is an adjoining door on the 2nd floor of the hotel to our center, patients are also granted with privacy as you won’t have to walk around or go out with bandages. Our surgeon and nurses also visits patients staying in the hotel everyday to see their progress in recovery.
Post-op patients who are staying in the hotel are allowed to have a companion with them to stay in the same room with their own comfortable bed, free of charge.
For, patients who are strong enough, or companions who wants go around Bangkok, we can make arrangements for tours to different attractions depending on your taste.
HOW LONG IS THE RECOVERY PERIOD?
The donor site for FUE technique will form multiple tiny spots or clots for a few days which will be well covered by the surrounding hair.
For strip harvesting, stitches will be used on the scalp area which needs to be removed 2 weeks after surgery.
WHAT SHOULD YO KNOW ABOUT EYELASH TRANSPLANT?
· A maximum of 150-200 hair follicles can be transplanted to your eyelids to maintain its natural look.
· For the first few weeks, you may doubt the result as the hair will have to adapt to the area where it is transplanted first so growth will be slow, but usually, you will notice some difference in 3-4 months.
· Since the natural hair never stops growing, you will have to trim your eyelashes regularly, depending on how fast your hair grows.
· Over the years, eyelash transplantation has been improved to control the orientation and the direction of the hair growth though curling may still be necessary from time to time.
· Transplanted hair is more resistant to hair fall but you should still be careful not to pull it out when cleaning your face or your eyes.
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