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Follicular Unit Extraction Offers Minimally Invasive Surgery
Technique to Hair Transplantation.
Hair transplantation is simply the transferring of hair from
a "permanent" area of the scalp to another area in which
hair has fallen out due to heredity or some other cause. For
most men and women who lose the hair on the top of their
head, the hair on the back and sides of their head is
relatively thick and is likely to remain so for the rest of
their lives. This "permanent" hair is harvested by means of
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE), and then meticulously
dissected under the microscope to produce hundreds of tiny
follicular unit grafts of one to three or four hairs each.
In hair transplantation, these newly created tiny grafts of
"permanent" hair are distributed artistically over the
balding scalp according to a carefully planned pattern. They
quickly take root and, after a short resting period of four
to six months, grow and keep on growing for the rest of your
life.
Both the removal of hair follicles and subsequent
transplantation create small surgical "wounds." Prior to
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE Transplants), donor hair was removed by
the more traditional method of "strip harvesting," which
created a wound that had the potential to scar when healed.
Over the past decade, significant progress in the techniques
of hair transplantation have tended to further reduce
surgical invasiveness. Hair transplantation has moved
steadily from the grafting of "plugs" containing 20 or more
hairs to the use of donor-hair follicular units containing
one to three hairs. |
The technique of follicular unit extraction (FUE) has shown
the potential to harvest donor hair with minimal
invasiveness and much reduced potential for scarring at the
site of donor hair removal.
Follicular unit extraction is the method of removing single
hair follicles from a donor site, using extremely small
excisions, and is considered to fall within the definition
of minimally invasive surgery. Hair transplant surgery as a
whole is considered as outpatient procedure.
Currently, the most common method for removing donor hair on
the scalp is to surgically remove a small strip of
follicle-bearing skin and underlying tissue; the follicles
to be transplanted are then dissected out of the
follicle-bearing strip. Although donor
wound scarring is an infrequent complication of such
a procedure, the potential for scarring concerns
some patients. FUE offers an alternative for
selected patients who have a medical history of
scarring or who are concerned about the possibility
of scarring.
Follicular unit extraction continues the
ever-growing emphasis on achieving a “natural” look
for hair transplant patients, especially in the
all-important area of the front hairline. It is a
technique that, like micro-grafting, uses one to four
follicular units to achieve a natural distribution
of hair coverage over the scalp and avoid the
corn-row or “pluggy” appearance that has
historically been associated with hair
transplants.
An additional advantage of FUE is that individual follicular units
are the natural hair-bearing structure in the scalp,
and transplanting them as units increases the
likelihood of natural growth after transplantation.
The availability of Follicular Unit extraction and
transplantation expands the number of options a
patient may consider for surgical hair restoration.
Whether it is the best option for an individual
patient depends upon the individual patient
characteristics, including cause of hair loss, type
of hair loss, likelihood of hair loss progression
over future years, and the patient’s wishes for the
“look” that he or she wishes to achieve from hair
restoration.
After this new hair grows out, it can be washed,
cut, or styled in whatever way you like. There is
nothing fragile about transplanted hair. It can even
be permed or colored. A person with a transplanted
head of hair can sleep, swim, ski, go to the barber
shop – in other words – do everything they ever did
before, knowing that once again they have their own
hair back again. And best of all, no one will know!
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Seeing is Believing!
We invite you
to schedule your free, confidential hair
loss restoration consultation today. Your
private consultation will be conducted in a
professional, no-pressure atmosphere, and
without obligation of any kind. We are here
to help you.
During this
consultation, we can determine if you are a
candidate for hair transplantation or if you
will benefit from a hair loss prevention
treatment program. We will discuss your
specific goals for your appearance, review
your hair loss classification, and explain
the various levels that can be achieved with
our hair transplantation procedures.
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consultation today. Or call us at (800)
222-9806. After all, seeing really is
believing. |
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