Afro Hair Transplant in Turkey

What is afro hair transplant?

Afro-textured hair grows from follicles that are curved beneath the skin, not only in the visible shaft. In a straight-haired scalp, a small punch can follow the follicle in a near-straight line; with a curved follicle the root bends away from the line of the hair at the surface. If the punch follows only the visible angle, it is more likely to cut across the follicle, a problem called transection, which damages the graft. Planning a transplant for afro-textured hair is therefore as much about extraction technique as about design.

Clinicians adapt for this in several ways. A larger or differently shaped punch, a blunt or hybrid punch, a shallower initial score followed by gentle freeing of the graft, or slower, more careful extraction may all be used. A small test extraction is often performed to see how your follicles behave before the full plan is confirmed. Because each graft takes longer to remove intact, sessions can be lengthy and the number of grafts in one day may be lower than in some straight-haired cases.

Diagnosis matters as much as technique. Hair loss in people with afro-textured hair is often pattern-related, but traction alopecia from tight braids, weaves or extensions, and scarring conditions such as central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA), are also common. Scarring alopecias need assessment by a dermatologist and are often unsuitable for transplantation while active. A personal or family history of keloid or raised scarring is also checked carefully, since any surgery, including small punch wounds, carries some risk of abnormal scarring.