 [ Symptoms ] what does the process of getting hair plugs entail [ Disease ] modern hair restoration no longer uses the oversized “plugs” from 10 20 years ago now it is a process by which people can receive natural looking results with minimal downtime a long narrow strip of hair is removed from the back of the scalp separated into individual follicular units of 1 3 hairs each and then placed back in the scalp in a very natural distribution and orientation the body is natural clotting factors help hold the hairs in place you could expect to see results from your surgery between 6 to 12 months after the procedure