WHAT IS FUE HAIR TRANSPLANTATION?
FUE: Follicular Unit Excision: the removal of follicular units, or grafts, one by one. FUE hair transplantation is an incredibly effective method of hair transplantation, the most commonly used internationally for hair transplantation and the treatment of baldness and hair loss.
OUR CLINIC IS UNIQUE IN THE COUNTRY, WE USE A NEEDLE-FREE ANAESTHETIC
This guarantees almost complete painlessness from the moment the anaesthetic is administered, not just afterwards. After preliminary disinfection of the skin, the anaesthetic solution is injected into the skin from a skin gun. This is done by applying pressure without the needle.
Under local anaesthesia, the grafts are first removed from the back and sides of the head. The hairs in this area are resistant to hormonal influences, so they do not fall out during life.
graft
Hair follicular units, i.e. a group of hairs, together with the hair follicles and the surrounding connective tissue cylinder, that are extracted from the donor area.
Graft means a piece of tissue to be transplanted.
In Caucasian people, groups of hair follicles usually contain 1 to 3 hair follicles, and less commonly 3 to 5.
FUE hair transplantation: means the transplantation of units of these 1-5 groups of hairs.
DONOR AREA
The donor area is the so-called safety zone, which is not affected by hormonal influences. So hair growing here does not fall out during life.
Grafts transplanted from this area will behave and grow in the same way as in their original location once they are attached.
The characteristics of the donor site, i.e. its size, the condition of the scalp and the quality of the hair, determine the outcome of FUE hair transplantation.
INNOVATIVE MICROSURGICAL FUE HAIR TRANSPLANTATION WITH FULL EFFECTIVENESS
PUNCH NEEDLE
In our clinic, we use 0.7-1.0 mm microsurgical punch needles. Needles smaller than this diameter would not be able to remove entire grafts intact. The right size needles are always chosen according to the patient’s specific characteristics (scalp characteristics, follicle size, hair thickness, hair straightness or curliness).
The punch needles are circular and leave small, circular, light scars of up to 1 mm. These are imperceptible in the covering of growing hair, even at 2-3 mm hair length, and shrink further in later stages.
For a successful FUE hair transplantation, it is not enough to use a modern mechanical hair extraction system and the smallest diameter extraction needle. Many other surgical techniques are also important. These include the correct rotation speed, rotation direction, extraction depth, direction and force.
In the hairless area, small sharp holes of about 1 mm are made with a special microsurgical instrument according to a preliminary implantation plan agreed with the patient. The extracted grafts are implanted into the slots one by one, without damage, using implants (grafting instruments).
FUE hair transplantation uses professional techniques and instruments, precision and accuracy to provide our patients with natural-looking hair growth.
For proper hair growth, it is important and essential that the hair follicle units are not damaged or cut during the extraction process, which is called transection. Depending on the degree of graft damage, reduced hair growth can be expected from damaged hair follicle units. However, minimal loss should be expected, with a loss of approximately 3-5% not affecting the outcome of the procedure. Cut grafts will not be grafted. The transection is more relevant for the donor area, as the donor area density will be reduced if the rate is too high. The amount of hair that can be used in the future is proportional.
In FUE hair transplantation, it is important to remove the hair follicle units in one go, so that hair growth is adequate.
