AZ HAIR RESTORATION
410 East Williams Street
Apex, NC 27502
919-362-5090
800-762-HAIR (4247)
• THE AZ HAIR RESTORATION PROCEDURE
Dr. Arthur Zacco is founder and owner of AZ Hair Restoration and lives locally. He will be with you every step of the process: consultation, preparation, procedure, next day follow up, suture removal, before and after picture review, four to six month follow up and eight to twelve month follow up. All of this is included with no additional cost or hidden fees. Dr. Arthur Zacco is always there to make sure you receive excellent care and reach your goal. He is always available as he is dedicated to one location. All of our transplants are preceded by a one-on-one consultation with Dr. Arthur Zacco. The free and confidential consultation will be in the spirit of education. You will be educating us on your short and long term goals. In turn, Dr. Arthur Zacco will openly and honestly educate you on your best individualized treatment options to reach your personal goals. At AZ Hair Restoration we will use only the best and proven techniques in hair transplantation that produce a natural look that is virtually undetectable.
When you arrive the morning of the procedure, we make sure that you have eaten a full breakfast and have a ride home after the procedure. Dr. Zacco will give you medication to relax, if you wish we offer nitrous oxide (laughing gas) at no additional cost that produces a comforting and relaxing feeling. In the morning of the procedure you are given medicatation to alleviate minor discomfort and anxiety. Hair transplantation is a relatively safe surgical procedure that is performed in the office. You are fully awake but may nap between lunch and movies.
Dr. Arthur Zacco uses a special technique to give the highest yield of grafts per amount of tissue harvested. After the donor tissue (the back and/or sides of the scalp) is anesthetized and removed, the talented technicians divide the tissue under stereomicroscopes to produce ultra fine follicular unit grafts about 1 mm in diameter and contains 1-6 hairs. While the technicians perform tissue dissection, Dr. Arthur Zacco uses a special technique to suture called a tricophetic closure that will greatly decrease the visibility of the scar. If the hair is worn a minimal length the suture and the scar should not be seen.
If you wish, at this point you may start to watch a movie of your choosing. When you are fully anesthetised and watching a movie of your choosing, Dr. Zacco produces tiny incisions about 1 mm in diameter in which the grafts will be placed. Careful attention is given to the angle, direction and depth of each. These incisions are designed to cradle the grafts just right; large enough to prevent trauma during placement, but small enough to hold the grafts. The incisions are created to parallel the natural direction of hair growth of your original hair in that area of the scalp.
Now it's time to break for a delicious lunch that will be provided while you continue to watch a movie of your choice. After lunch, Dr. Zacco along with some of the best hair transplant surgical technicians in the country will place the grafts in the tiny incisions. Depending on the number of grafts, this process takes 2-4 hours. A special dressing is applied to protect the grafts until Dr. Zacco sees you the next day.
The next day, Dr. Zacco will remove the dressing and wash your hair. He will also make sure all is well and send you home without any dressing. For the next couple of days, you should take it easy.
About ten days after the procedure, you will have the hidden sutures removed. At this point all of the scabs should have fallen out. Within 3 weeks all of the hair in the transplanted grafts will fall out, making way for the new hairs to start growing in 2 or 3 months. The remainder will gradually grow over the next 6-12 months. For no additional cost, Dr. Zacco will see you back at 4-6 months and 8-12 months to follow your progress and compare before and after pictures. This is a rewarding time for you and AZ Hair Restoration.
