FUE Hair Transplant in India
Follicular Unit Extraction is the advanced surgical procedure being preferred for restoring the crown glory with natural looking. It differs from the past surgical techniques being used for hair restoration in which strip of hair bearing skin was removed that leaves weird scars in the back head. This procedure has made it possible for hair loss patients to restore their natural hair for lifetime without scars and stitches.
What is FUE procedure?
Follicular unit extraction is the procedure in which hair follicles are harvested individually rather than in the form of strip. This procedure is done in the following steps
Selection of donor area
In the pre surgical appointment patient is asked few questions related to hair issues and depth scalp analysis is done to understand the reason of problem and characteristics of hair.
On the basis of requirements and expectations of patient best suitable method as FUE is selected for hair restoration and then on the basis of loss resistant feature hair follicles are selected from the back head which is called donor area.
Preparation of donor area
On the surgical day, patient’s head is shaved and washed with the antibiotics to prevent any kind of infection during or after the procedure. After that local anesthesia is applied for the numbness of area so that patient does not feel any pain or discomfort during surgery.
Extraction
With the micro punches having diameter less than one millimeter selected donor follicles are removed one by one. Hair transplant specialists utilize their artistic skills to minimize the damage of tissue while extraction and to reduce any potential risk after surgery.
Extraction of follicles leaves the tiny holes in the donor area that get healed within few days and become less visible.
Recipient area preparation
Area in which hair follicles are required to be transplanted is marked and the local anesthesia is applied to reduce the pain. With the precision tools tiny incisions are made at the coirrect depth, angle and direction so that new hair look similar to the existing hair.
In the small incisions hair roots are cultivated one by one in the count as per the requirement of the patient. After transplantation FUE surgery gets complete and after some rest patient can go back to his home without any kind of difficulty
Donor area healing
FUE surgery is done with the removal of follicular units so the donor area get healed quickly. Patient may feel swelling and redness in the donor area for initial 2-3 days but after that these get vanished and patient can get back to his work routine.
Patients are provided some post-op instructions that are essential for the care of transplanted hair and to prevent side effects and risks after surgery.
Hair growth and actual results
After FUE surgery hair grow naturally and look similar to existing hair. After the mild growth of few weeks the transplanted hair follicles get shed which is quite common and known as Shock loss. After this the hair starts growing with the natural pace and within year patient can have actual results of fully grown natural looking hair for lifetime.
FUE Advantages
In this procedure patient can have scar free undetectable results
Due to removal of follicles units donor area can be selected from the any part of body like legs, arms, beard , chest according the exact match and requirement of patient
Due to individual harvesting of follicles the resulted tiny holes get healed in very less time so the recovery period is quite lesser in this procedure
There is no need of stitches for wound closure
