FUE TECHNIQUE (HAIR TRANSPLANT)

DESCRIPTION

The most popular hair loss solution is having a hair transplant. A hair transplant is primarily used to treat male pattern baldness. FUE is a modern technique of hair transplantation for restoring hair loss. To simply put the procedure, a FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) for hair transplant involves healthy follicular units of hair being extracted from a donor area and grafted onto thinning or bald areas. The FUE technique is a minimally invasive, outpatient surgical procedure where hair follicles are extracted individually by a punch, without the need for removal of a strip of scalp tissue. The punch is a circular knife which is mounted on a motor-driven hand piece or sometimes it can be mounted on a manual instrument. It is an advanced technique with minimal scarring, no suturing and enables treatment of small and medium-sized areas.

LENGTH OF SURGERY

The surgery length can be determined by the amount of hairs to be transplanted. Most FUE hair
transplants take one day in a 6 to 8-hours session. However, if there are many hairs for transplantation, it may take up two sessions over 2 days.

TYPE OF ANESTHESIA

Following this procedure, the recipient area is anesthetized totally with local anesthesia, prior to minute incisions being made via a non-surgical needle.

RISKS

• Follicle Damage
• Infection
• Pain
• Swelling
• More baldness
• Necrosis
• Scarring
• Bleeding

RECOVERY TIME

The typical recovery time after a FUE technique hair transplant may vary from patient. In general, FUE treatment leaves you with practically no post-surgical discomfort and uneasiness and the normal recovery time is less than 7 days.