Follicular Unit Extraction
FUE also known as “Follicular Unit Extraction” is the movement of genetic groups of hair known as follicular units (FU); “bunches” of hair usually 1 to 4 hairs. This method is a natural hair transplant method and the most elegant and successful method currently available to resolving hair loss. Microscopic hair follicles are taken from the donor area where there is plenty of healthy and strong hair and transplanted to the recipient area where there is a lack.
A surgical punch surrounds the FU and with a great deal of skill and precise measurement of skin and hair angles the FU is removed. Extraction is done between 1500 and 2000 being extracted and placed in one day. More important to the amount is the yield or growth rate, so the amount will vary from person to person.
In FUE hair transplantation donor hair can be extracted from nearly any part of the body. Usually the sides and back of the head, also the chest and back are used.
Benefits of FUE method:
- Natural results
- No pain
- No linear scar (as created by strip surgery)
- No stitching at all
- Very Safe
To perform FUE to the highest standard the donor area requires total shaving, except possibly for small procedures such as 100-500 grafts when smaller areas could be shaved and hidden by surrounding hair. Shaving will allow the doctor to precisely measure the angle of the FU, and the scalp as well as give a greater ides to the position within the skin, this is a very important aspect of the extraction..
