Rogaine, toupees, and hair plugs, all ways to get back your hair, but now there’s a new better way. Getting hair tattooed on your head.
Hair follicle replication is a form of medical tattooing. It can give the look of a full head of hair and side burns to just covering up a small bald spot or receding hair line. It gives the look of closely shaved hair and can be matched to fit the client’s hair personal hair color. It can even cover scars on a person’s skin like a regular tattoo.
The procedure was invented by the Histyl Company in Britain but does plan on coming to America this summer. The permanent procedure takes about 3 hours and requires a follow-up appointment.
Body Modification, while still looked at with a raised eyebrow by some, continues to increase in popularity just as tattoos and body piercings have done. Everyone can relate to it, especially Star Trek fans. The Vulcan and Romulan ears, and other odd shapes on peoples bodies are quite similar to the body mod world's subdermal implants.
Subdermal Implants are a piece of body jewelry placed under the skin to create a raised design. Implant material is usually made of silicone or Teflon and can be inserted by a body modification artist or in some cases by surgery. The implant can be in many different shapes, some popular designs are stars, rods, hearts, swirls, horns, and beads.
The insertion process is really quite simple compared to what I thought it would be. An incision is made with a scalpel then a dermal separator (resembling a spatula) is used to raise up the skin forming a pocket for the implant to be inserted. The implant is carefully put in place and the incision is closed with sutures or suture tape. The implant does not need to be inserted right at the point of incision; it can be placed away from the incision. Eyebrow implant incisions are made at the top of the forehead than the implant is slid to the eyebrow area.
A band aid wrapped around the implant will help prevent against migration of the implant in the early days of healing. The sutures may come out after 10 to 12 days. The healing takes about 3 months, by this time the implant should have the desired affect. After healing is completely finished the implant may be take out and replaced with a larger one.
The idea of these types of implants first came about in 1994 from a man named Steve Haworth in Phoenix, Arizona. A woman wanted a bracelet so he came up with the idea of placing a series of beads under the skin on her wrist and she decided to give it a try making her the first subdermal implant.
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