Hair transplant

Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) Technique

Hair Transplant earliest technique is Follicular Unit Transplant Technique also called the Strip Method. In this technique of hair transplant a strip of scalp bearing hairs of appropriate density is excised using either a single No. 11 or No. 15 blade. In FUT Technique the blade is inserted at an angle to the scalp which parallels the angle of the hair follicles to avoid transection of the hair follicle roots. The use of tumescent solution for infiltration during Hair Transplant we minimize the follicle transection by appropriately aligning the hair follicles. During Hair Transplant tumescent solution provides a plane between the hair follicle base and the larger nerve plexuses & vessels. This prevents accidental cutting of nerves and blood vessels during Hair Transplant.

Hair Transplant by strip method, the width of the strip is determined by the laxity of the patient’s scalp in order to yield the maximum number of grafts while limiting the tension on closing the edges. The edges are closed in layers with the deeper layers closed using absorbable sutures (vicrly) and the outer layer with non-absorbable sutures (ethilon/prolene).

Hair Transplant Advantages by strip technique are: larger number of hair follicle units harvested in a shorter period, lower rates of hair follicle transection and the ability to include the protective surrounding tissue containing the stem cell. Another advantage of FUT technique is that the remaining scalp is left undisturbed and can be used for repeat harvesting of the hair follicles using either FUT method or the follicular unit extraction (FUE) method.

Hair Transplant by FUT technique has one important and bothersome disadvantage which is the resultant scar over the donor area which becomes visible when hairs are kept short. There are various Plastic Surgery techniques with which the resultant hair transplant scar can rendered almost invisible. Ask your surgeon about the technique he is going to employ to prevent the scar at the donor site during and after hair transplant.

Hair Transplant by FUT: Separation of the hair follicles

After harvesting the grafts, the hair follicle units obtained are dissected under microscopic visualization. Dissection under magnification is specially important to prevent follicle transection in this hair transplant technique.

In FUT Technique, hair follicles are separated into clusters of 1-4 hairs are transplanted. On an average a single naturally occurring hair follicle unit contains about 2.3 hair follicles.

The final separated hair follicle ready for hair transplant should have a pear shape where in the epidermis has been maximally trimmed and the dermal and subcutaneous tissue surrounding the follicle isthmus and bulb remains intact.

This optimal hair follicle shape is frequently achieved after FUT Technique, but infrequently from follicular unit extraction technique or robotic hair transplantation. The cushioning provided by these surrounding tissues has been found to maximize the hair follicle viability by minimizing desiccation during pre-insertion storage and mechanical trauma to the follicle from handling during hair transplant surgery.

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