If hair fall or thinning has been your problem for a long time, consider it done now. FUE is trending in Singapore because it has been helping men and women struggling with their noticeable balding and hair fall. FUE is a kind of hair transplant singapore, a hair treatment surgery with less scarring.
FUE hair transplant procedure
FUE is a type of hair transplant surgery, and the method of extraction is different with the same implantation as FUT. The patient will lay down in a prone position on the operating table. On the surgery, the whole donor area of the head, at the back, is trimmed. The local anesthesia has Xylocaine diluted with saline and is administered slowly on the entire donor area.
The graft will be extracted from the donor area using 0.8 and 1 mm special micropunches. The follicle extraction is done under 2.5 ti 5x magnification. Below are the steps for the FUE procedure:
- Using the sharp side of the micro punch, scoring the scalp skin containing the follicular unit is performed.
- The punch’s dull side is introduced in the same area and twisted to loosen the follicular unit. The assistant applies counter traction, at the same time, to facilitate the penetration of the punch in the dermis.
- The assistant will gently take out the graft using forceps. The extracted grafts are preserved in cool or saline Ringer’s lactate solution.
The extracted graft consists of 1 to 4 or rarely even five or six hairs. It is the most time-consuming and tedious part of the entire procedure. After the extraction, the grafts are implanted similarly as in the rest of FUT.
Advancement in FUE
In FUE, there have been several advancements. The Follicular Isolation Technique was coined by Rose and Cole, it refers to the FUE technique using a punch with a stop to limit the penetration depth. The need for a depth stop in the extraction technique is a contentious issue, Follicular Isolation Technique is possibly a better term than Follicular Extraction Unit if the whole unit is not captured. When the goal is to extract hair rather than intact follicular units, FIT is preferable.
The FUE Matic machine is an automatic hair transplant machine that seeks to help the doctor perform a hair transplant procedure using the FUE technique. It gives a faster graft extraction rate in a limited time. But, there is a pulling and twisting of grafts putting the graft at risk of getting damage that results in greater transection.
