The procedure has different steps. Patient is given a anesthesia before starting off with the operation so that it is not painful. Usually a patch of scalp of a certain length bearing normal hair growth is cut down from the back of the head. The donor area is stitched back with minor over lapping. This leaves a slight or none at all scar which heals later. The selected patch is chopped down into hair follicles which are inserted into the bald area of scalp after making site of root insertion with the help of an injection and dye. The procedure gives expected results and is reliable. It takes a span of few months to normal hair appear on the bald patch. http://bit.ly/1dWCD4a