What is FUE Hair Transplant Method

FUE Hair Transplant Method – All that you need to know

FUE or Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplant is a highly popular and evolving surgical hair restoration technique used all over the world to help alopecia patients regain a lost or receding hairline. It is an invasive cosmetic procedure in which hair are extracted from a permanent or baldness resistant zone (the back or sides of the scalp) and are transplanted on the thinning and balding areas of head – typically frontal region or center of the scalp.

How FUE Hair Transplant is performed?

The first step in FUE Hair Transplantation is cutting short the hair in donor site so that the surgeon could clearly see your scalp. Local anesthesia is then administered to the donor area to numb the scalp. The next step involves harvesting follicular unit grafts – one at a time – using a micro-punch with diameter typically ranging from 0.7 millimeter to 1 millimeter. The extracted hair follicles are collected in an artificial environment – saline solution, buffers, antioxidants and nutrients – to keep them alive outside the human body.

Once enough number of follicular hair grafts have been extracted, the surgery proceeds with site creation and transplantation phase. The thinning or balding area is first prepared for the plantation of extracted follicles. Site creation involves making tiny incisions in the recipient areas of the scalp, be it frontal region or the center of scalp. Then the surgeon will place the follicular units in these tiny holes – one graft in each hole. A lot of care, experience and artistic sense is required to aesthetically transplant the hair so that they don’t look artificial on your head.

Why is FUE hair transplant so popular?

There are several other techniques as well used for hair transplantation but the popularity and demand for Follicular Unit Extraction has increased significantly over the last decade. Three major reason behind popularity of FUE are:

        i.            It is less invasive in nature

      ii.            It has potentially faster healing time

    iii.            It does not cause linear scar on the donor area associated with FUT Hair Transplant or strip method

Who is an ideal candidate for FUE hair transplant?

Individuals with thick and healthy hair growth in the donor areas – at the back and sides of the scalp – are ideal for FUE hair transplant. However, several other factors also affect cosmetic results of the surgery and your surgeon may also consider them while assessing you for FUE hair transplant. These include:

·         The number of follicular unit grafts required to achieve optimum results

·         The number of grafts which can be extracted from the donor sites

·         The patient’s hair loss pattern

·         Cause of hair loss

·         Texture and color of hair, and

·         Skin type