Hair Transplant (FUE)

FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) is the latest method of hair restoration in which hair roots are extracted or ‘harvested’ individually. In FUE hair transplant technique, the method of extraction is different from FUT but the method of hair implantation is the same as that of FUT. FUE is a ‘stitch less’ method of hair restoration in which hair follicles are extracted from the donor area under local anaesthesia with the help of special micro-punches. As the donor areas are very tiny, the donor area does not require placement of stitches as in FUT. The entire donor area on the back of the head is trimmed to 1–2 mm length a day prior to surgery.

The patient lies in the face-down position on the operating table. Local anaesthesia diluted with saline is given slowly over the entire donor area. In an FUE hair transplant procedure, a small punch (micro punch) of 0.8 or 1 mm size, mounted on a motor is used to make a small, circular incision in the skin around a follicular unit, separating it from the surrounding tissue. The hair unit is then extracted (pulled) directly from the scalp under 2.5 – 5× magnification, leaving a small open hole. This process is repeated until the Plastic surgeon has harvested enough follicular units for the planned hair restoration. This process can take 2-3 hours and, in large sessions, may be accomplished over two consecutive days. If you are looking for the best FUE hair transplant in Chandigarh, Panchkula, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala, India, contact Dr. Harpreet S. Bakshi. He uses the latest techniques for FUE hair transplant treatment to give his clients the best results.

The donor wounds, approximately 0.8 mm in size, completely heal over the course of next seven to ten days, leaving very tiny scars hidden in the hair in the back and sides of the scalp. This method of donor harvesting, removing follicular units one-by-one directly from the scalp, is what differentiates the FUE procedure from a traditional ‘Strip technique’ where the donor hair is removed from the scalp as one thin, long strip of skin bearing hair and then subsequently dissected into individual follicular units using a microscope.

In FUE procedure, no cut is given to remove strip of skin as is done in the ‘strip’ surgery & the entire ‘stitch less’ procedure is done under local anesthesia. After the grafts are harvested, tiny “recipient sites” are made in the balding area of the scalp using a fine needlepoint instrument or slit blade. The follicular units are then placed into the recipient sites with the help of fine forceps where they will grow into healthy hair-producing follicles. The creation of recipient sites and the placing of follicular unit grafts are essentially the same in both FUE and ‘Strip’ procedures.