FUE "Follicular Unit Extraction", Strip Surgery, Trico Closure, Coverage, Hair Density, Donor Area ............. Where do you start?
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Educate yourself to the principles of a hair transplant before you have a hair transplant.
A hair transplant is the placement of hair from one area of the scalp to another area. Because of genetics it will not suffer from Male Pattern Baldness...............
Does this mean it is suitable for everyone?
Transection and Growth Rate have one thing in common for the patient...less hair growth from the grafts that are harvested, therefore lost hair.
No medical procedure can be 100% succeful or guarenteed, but it is understood and acceptable that when performing a cosmetic procedure certain aspects are standard. That a high % of the hair removed from the donor area will grow.
Transection can occur at the beginning of the procedure, when the grafts are being harvested from the donor; Strip is concidered a safer option with a lower transection rate, whilst FUE in the worng hands could result of the loss in double %'s; and that could potentially mean 100's of grafts. This is more likely with FUE because each follicular unit is removed with a small punch, if the punch is not used correctly and the doctor aware of hair angulation and skin tissue alterations then the chances of cutting through the follicles exists; also cutting through adjacent in follicles surrounding area.
Growth rate is the estimation % of the amount of grafts that grow after the procedure has been completed and after a period of resting. The true growth rate should not be calculated before approximately 12 months, although there are indications throughout the growth stages.
Aspects that can effect the yield are skin tissue irregularities, pitting, coblestoning, scarring will all potentialy lower the yield potential. Slit placement and how the grafts are handled prior to placement will also be important to the yield.
FUE grafts are more delicate than FUT so have to be handled with more care. Also trying to place too high a density can also reduce the yield as the scalp seems incapable of supplying the necessary blood/oxygen to maintain the growth, or possibly the trauma to the skin effects the yield.
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