Question 1

how do corneal transplants work?

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Tissue replacement: Cloudy tissue is removed and replaced with clear tissue that allows proper focusing of light entering the eye.

Question 2

do corneal transplants generally work?

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Overall, yes: There has been a significant change in the way corneal problems are treated over the past 10 years. Instead of requiring a full transplant, only the inside layer of the cornea might have to be exchanged, which allows a much safer and rapidly healing surgery. In some cases a full transplant is required (scarring, keratoconus), and this too is highly successful, usually done by corneal specialists.

Question 3

what is the mechanism by which organ transplants work?

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Replace the damage: Organ transplants are performed to replace the lost function of the damaged or failing organs in patients.

Question 4

how do the programs that matches people that need kidney transplants with living donors work?

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Computer programs: Specific computer programs are available to input donor and recipient characteristics and they are used to find the best match in "paired exchage" living donor programs.  Also people can be direct matches and this is done by blood tests alone.

Question 5

what happens if somebody needed an organ transplant their body might reject the donorswould doing that for a real organ transplant actually work?

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Rejection can happen: There is always chance of rejection.....though significant improvements in transplantation......no specific or selective treatments are available to avoid any rejection....however, those rejections are greatly manageable now a days with exception of very few percentage.....it is because of great improvement in pretransplant work up.....and post transplant managements, follow up

Question 6

how likely is it that my kidney transplant will work?

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Excellent: Especially if you receive living related donor kidney with an excellent tissue match. Prognosis is still good with well matched cadaveric kidney. Good luck.

Question 7

how do hair transplants work? i have always wondered about it, is it worth it?

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Natural hair transpl: In hair transplant, normal hair from the hair growing areas are taken and used in the areas where local hair do not grow due to hormonal affect at the area.
These transplanted hair work great.

Question 8

how does eyelash transplanting gel work?

Accepted Answer

Not effective: Eyelashes are not transplanted. They can be made to grow longer and thicker by the application of Latisse™.

Question 9

how does a hair transplant work?

Accepted Answer

Hair replacement: Hair transplant is a type of hair replacement which involves transplantation of hair from the back of the head to the area of hair loss.  The hair from the back regions of the head are genetically designed to remain in place despite hormonal changes.  Transplantation can be completed by strip or by [fue] follicular unit extraction.  Transplantation is completed most naturally as single hairs.

Question 10

is it possible to have a brain transplant? how does that work?

Accepted Answer

No.: It is not possible to do a brain transplant. It seems unlikely that this will ever be possible, as there are almost an infinite number of connections between the brain and the rest of the body, and there would be no way to establish these in a donor recipient.

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