All About Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) Hair Transplant

Hair Transplant surgery is the only permanent solution for hair loss in men and women. It is also known as Hair restoration surgery. Hair Transplant is a procedure where hair is picked up from the donor area and transferred to the recipient area or balding area. Follicular Unit Extraction is the most popular technique for this. FUE has improved the gamut of surgeries done in hair transplant procedure. Hair from various parts like chest beard can also be used for hair transplant through FUE procedure.

Who is the right candidate for FUE Hair Transplant?

• Man and Women with male pattern baldness of stage 2 and above

• Patients who want no scars and cuts.

• Repair or correction surgery patients







• Totally bald patients who need body to hair transplant

• Patients with old scars and burns.

Process

A free consultation is provided for the patient. This gives the patients an idea of the procedure and helps him to decide better. Once the patient makes a final decision and comes for the Hair Transplant procedure the hairline drawing and final counseling are done. The patient is given required medicines and paperwork is completed. Then hypersensitivity test is done and the patient is taken to the procedure room. Blood pressure, pulse, oxygen saturation etc. are the vital parameters that are monitored.

Scalp from where the hair follicles need to be extracted is made numb by the use of local anesthesia. After this recipient site is marked subjected to the natural hair density, growth pattern of the natural existing hair and alignment of the hair strands. Grafts that naturally occur in the group of 1, 2, 3 or 4 hair are extracted one by one using micro punches and are positioned at the recipient site. Double checking of the grafts is done before finally closing the procedure to ensure proper placement. Post-operative medicines and solutions are given to the patients.

Advantages of FUE

• No scars as there are no stitches

• No incisions

• No postoperative discomfort

• Quick Healing and normal routine life can be followed

• Useful in Body to scalp hair transplant

 Sunshine Hair Clinic in Delhi follows the stepwise FUE Hair transplant process as guided by IMA.