A lot of people who are interested to undergo hair transplant surgery are mostly concerned with the pain that they would also have to endure. A lot of people are curious and are wondering as to whether or not this kind of procedure is actually painful. A lot of people have sensitive scalps and a simple cut can easily be painful for a particular patient. Therefore the answer to whether hair transplant is painful or not is something that is varied and subjective between every person.
A lot of people claim that hair transplant surgery is very much alike with a visit to the dentist. This is something that cannot be considered to be pain free. It is also not a relaxing experience that people usually look forward to. Yes, there is no denying the fact that there is some degree of pain involved with this kind of procedure.

The injection that is necessary before a transplant operation can be a little painful up to a certain degree. Anyone who has had a tooth pulled out know that this is the kind of pain that they are to expect.
Of course, to follow the dental analogy, after the numbing wears off there is plenty of pain where the tooth was before. With hair transplant surgery, there is pain after the surgery as well. Swelling is normal after hair transplant surgery and can even keep you away from work. Your skull may feel very unusual for weeks.

However, the pain of hair transplant cannot actually be compared to a tooth extraction. Hair transplant pain is decidedly less sharp and some do not even feel it as pain at all. Many people simply feel it as an uncomfortable feeling. If they do feel any pain, it is of a degree that can be taken care of with a few doses of Tylenol.

On the other hand, some people who have had hair transplant procedures done do not feel that there is any pain involved at all. They tolerate the injections of the local anesthetic well. They are not bothered at all by the procedure. In fact they often watch television or read magazines, being awake and alert the whole time.

Hair transplant surgery is surely less painful than it was in earlier times when larger sections of scalp were excised. This involved more cutting to take out the donor hair and more cutting to insert the donor hair into the recipient site.
Hair transplant surgery was a very painful procedure in the past. Not all doctors today have given up on older methods. This is one reason why you should ask a lot of questions when you look for a hair transplant surgeon.
Up-to-date techniques for hair transplant use only the follicular unit and not a large amount of surrounding tissue for the donor grafts. This cuts down considerably on the amount of pain experienced. The procedure is minimally invasive now, so that no more of the scalp is disturbed than is necessary.