What is FUE Hair Transplant Procedure?



Vikas Gupta



Follicular unit extraction is the procedure in which hair follicles are harvested individually rather than in the form of the strip. This procedure is done in the following steps

Selection of donor area

In the presurgical appointment, a patient is asked few questions related to hair issues and depth scalp analysis is done to understand the reason of problem and characteristics of hair.

On the basis of requirements and expectations of a patient best suitable method as FUE is selected for hair restoration and then on the basis of loss resistant feature hair follicles are selected from the back head which is called donor area.

Preparation of donor area

On a surgical day, the patient’s head is shaved and washed with the antibiotics to prevent any kind of infection during or after the procedure. After that local anaesthesia is applied for the numbness of the area so that the patient does not feel any pain or discomfort during surgery.

Extraction

With the micro punches having diameter less than one millimetre selected donor follicles are removed one by one. Hair transplant specialists utilize their artistic skills to minimize the damage of tissue while extraction and to reduce any potential risk after surgery.

Extraction of follicles leaves the tiny holes in the donor area that get healed within a few days and become less visible.

Recipient area preparation

An area in which hair follicles are required to be transplanted is marked and the local anaesthesia is applied to reduce the pain. With the precision tools, tiny incisions are made at the correct depth, angle and direction so that new hair looks similar to the existing hair.

In the small incisions hair, roots are cultivated one by one in the count as per the requirement of the patient. After transplantation FUE surgery gets complete and after some rest, a patient can go back to his home without any kind of difficulty

Donor area healing

FUE surgery is done with the removal of follicular units so the donor area gets healed quickly. The patient may feel swelling and redness in the donor area for the initial 2-3 days but after that, these get vanished and the patient can get back to his work routine.

Patients are provided with some post-op instructions that are essential for the care of transplanted hair and to prevent side effects and risks after surgery.

Hair growth and actual results

After FUE surgery hair grows naturally and looks similar to existing hair. After the mild growth of a few weeks the transplanted hair follicles get shed which is quite common and known as Shock loss. After this, the hair starts growing with the natural pace and within year patient can have actual results of fully grown natural looking hair for a lifetime.