What is FUE method - HFE Clinic

What is the FUE method?

The Follicular Unit Excision or Follicular Transfer (FUE) method is the extraction of individual follicular units containing 1 to 4 hairs under local anesthesia from the donor area of the patient and then implantation in the balding or thinning areas of the patient’s scalp, under local anesthesia as well.

At hfe clinic we apply manual extraction and implantation with special instruments.

FUE can give very natural results. The advantage over strip harvesting is that FUE harvesting negates the need for large areas of scalp tissue to be harvested, so there is no linear incision on the back of the head and it doesn’t leave a linear scar, healing within 3 days and completely absent and postoperative such unpleasant phenomena such as swelling of the face, scalp numbness or headaches.

Extraction

Implantation

3 AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES AND ADVANTAGES

PROCEDURE WITH 3 AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES

A. SHAVING METHOD, (SHAVING) ONLY THE DONOR AREA.

Stage 1: Extraction
Stage 2: Implantation

Stage 1: Extraction

Follicle Hair Excision (FUE) begins with the extraction of follicle units FU manually from the donor zone. Seized follicles they will be used for transplantation in the area of baldness, recipient zone. Local anesthesia makes the procedure painless.

To remove follicle transplants specialists of our clinic use special instrument named punch (its diameter may be from 0.5 to 0.9 mm). Diameter is chosen individually according to the results of diagnosis. Often in the process of hair transplantation doctors are using not one but several needles of different diameters.

After removing the hair follicles FU ( transplants ) carefully placed in a saline solution at a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius. Then we are counting and sorting them under a microscope.

After sorting, the number of transplants carefully calculated, we keep them in a special composition. The solution increases the vitality of hair and promotes their active growth after hair transplantation.

Stage 2: Implantation

The second stage of hair transplantation is implantation ,FU follicle units are implanted in the balding area ,recipient zone. At the first step, the doctor uses a local anesthesia.

Special instrument used for implantation named «Choi». The diameter of the needle exactly matches the diameter of the follicle transplants, and is 0.5-0.9 mm.

Follicle length measured before implantation and depending on the result of measurement a correct needle length implanter chosen. Then begins hair transplantation.

Instrument Choi allow Doctor to adjust the individual parameters such as depth of implantation, angle and direction of growth of each hair. Follicles are transplanted simultaneously.

B. SHAVING LINE

First we hold up existing long hairs and determining the donor area. Then we shave this area and we extract adequate number of fU from the recipient area. When long hairs released donor area is covered up and one day after transplantation patient can continue his daily life.

The operation process is longer than the regular one due to necessity of extra carefulness in order to of not damaging the existing hairs. Extraction and implantation stages same as per first method Shaving.

C. NON SHAVING LONG HAIR EXTRACTION

But not everyone want to shave his head due to various reasons: burn marks, scars or simply magnificent long hair. For these patients we offer a unique method of NON SHAVING. Hair is taken from the same donor area at the back of the scalp but is taken in such a way that existing hair will disguise the area of extraction.

The good news is that you can return to normal routine and family / colleagues and friends will never notice that you had made hair transplantation because the donor site will not show any tell-tale signs of extraction.

98-100%! Guaranteed growth of transplanted hair after hair transplantation procedure by HFE!

10 GOOD REASONS FOR FUE BY HFE CLINIC

You want more density and coverage

This is a key advantage of FUE. If you require a lot of grafts, then FUE will enable the doctor to extract hair from anywhere on the scalp where hair is currently growing. This is not possible with FUT.

You don’t want a scar

Another reason why FUE is such a popular transplant method is that it leaves no visible scar. This is because, unlike FUT where a strip is cut from the back of scalp, the hair follicles are individually harvested from the donor area, which means they’re no need to make any incisions.

Healing time is quicker

Healing time for FUE procedures is also a lot quicker. This means that you don’t have to hide under a hat for weeks after your operation.

There’s no restriction on post-op exercise

When you have an FUT transplant, the scar in the donor area means you’re restricted in your movement until it’s healed. This is a worry you don’t have with FUE and it means you can exercise and do other strenuous activities post op.

There’s a much larger donor area

This means if you need to have your hair line rebuilt or you require a larger number of grafts, it’s usually not a problem as the hair can be extracted from anywhere on the scalp.

Extremely natural-looking results

Natural-looking results are always desirable with a hair transplant and FUE more than delivers in this area. Because of the refined techniques that are used to extract and implant the hair, the results are achieved are incredibly natural-looking.

More choice of haircuts

Because there’s no scar left in the donor area, you can shave your hair very short if you so wish. This isn’t an option with FUT, unless you want to have a visible scar showing.

Get back to work quicker

Because the healing time is quicker with FUE, you can get back to work much quicker. This is a big bonus, since often people will like to get a transplant done with minimum disruption to their everyday life.

No cutting is required

If the thought of having a slice of your skin removed from the back of your scalp isn’t a pleasant one, then you’re certainly not along in this regard. With FUE, all the follicles are individually extracted, with no scalpels required.

There’s less pain

FUE is less painful than FUT, for the obvious reason that the donor area doesn’t have to but cut into.

STAGES OF RECOVERY AND GROWTH OF HAIR

OLEG 45 YEARS OLD

Before

After 12 months