Follicular hair transplants

The process of follicular hair transplants is considered to be the most effective among hair restoration methods. In follicular hair transplantation, the surgeon transplants hair from the permanent zone on the back of the scalp to the affected areas.

The donor tissue is removed in one piece. This is to ensure that the follicular units that are moved from the back of the scalp are not damaged. An integral part of hair follicle transplantation is single-stripe harvesting as it preserves follicular units. It also ensures that no damage is caused to the individual hair follicles.

Follicular hair transplant technique follows a well laid pattern. Follicular hair transplants allow the surgeon to use a small recipient site. During the operation, the follicular units removed from the donor tissue are examined thoroughly with a microscope. This stereomicroscopic dissection raises the yield of the absolute number of follicular units, and also for the total amount of hair.

Follicular hair transplant procedure

During follicular hair transplantation, the surgeon scans - under a microscope - the follicular units to be removed from the donor tissue. This stereomicroscopic dissection helps protect follicular devices. It also ensures a rich yield of both follicular units and the total amount of hair that is restored.

Donor Strip - In follicular hair transplants, the donor strip is the hair strip that is taken from a part of the body and transplanted to the bald region of the scalp. In this technique, the donor tissue is removed in one piece. This ensures that the follicular units removed from the back of the scalp do not suffer any damage.

Extraction of donor strips - The donor strip is first removed from the permanent zone at the back of the scalp. Then it is transplanted on the areas of the scalp where there is no hair growth.

The single-stripe harvest in follicular hair transplants ensures the preservation of follicular units and the protection of individual hair follicles from possible damage.

Follicular units - Follicular units are a bundle of hair that grows together. A follicular unit is usually formed by one to four terminal hairs. Each follicular unit is surrounded by one to two fine vellus hairs, oil glands, a small muscle and a fine collagen band. The follicular unit is the hair-bearing structure of the skin that ensures maximum growth. It resembles a well-shaped structure under the microscope.

With genetic baldness, the transplanted hair has a smaller diameter and length than the hair that has been replaced. It is very advantageous to use individual follicular units. It facilitates the use of very small devices. At the same time, the amount of devices transplanted is relatively large. Therefore, a surgeon can place up to four strands of hair in a small recipient site. It has huge implications for cosmetic surgery in general.

This gives follicular hair transplantation a significant edge over microtransplantation. Transplantation

of individual follicular units also gives the transplanted haartransplantatie a natural look.

Removal of follicle transplantation

In hair follicle transplantation, individual follicular units are removed directly from the donor area. This means that this method is independent of linear section. The surgeon uses a 1 mm hole to make a small circular incision in the skin around the upper part of the follicular unit. It is then extracted directly from the scalp.

Very often, follicular extraction (FUE) and follicular unit transplantation (FUT) are treated as two different things. It is wrong. FUE is basically a type of FUT in which follicular units are extracted directly from the scalp instead of microscopically dissected from a strip that has already been removed. In follicular hair transplantation, the individual follicular units can be obtained either through single-stripe harvesting and stereomicroscopic dissection or through FUE.

Follicular transplantation preservation

In follicular hair transplants, it is crucial to keep the individual follicular unit as it is. Neither the unit should be divided into smaller units or combined with larger ones. This is a groundbreaking development in the history of cosmetic surgery. Often, hair transplant surgeons combine several follicular units or divide them.