FUE Hair Transplant: Insights of Surgical Techniques

With people becoming more conscious about their looks and persona, the hair transplant clinics are making a lot by offering customers with permanent hair loss remedies. The average scalp loses about 50-100 strands a day, but the problem arouses when hair loss is more than normal and new hairs don’t grow to replace the fallen hair.

Hair transplant requires using your own hair as donor's hair to transplant into the balding areas of the scalp. There are two techniques of hair transplant that are

·         Follicular Unit Transplant

·         Follicular Unit Extraction

Let’s talk about the advanced technique that is now commonly practiced, that is Follicular Unit Extraction. The procedure starts be shaving or cutting the hair short to make it easy for the surgeon to extract hair follicles. Local anesthesia is injected at the donor area to make the patient feel no pain. Individual follicles are extracted so that there are small scars that are not visible to the eye. The graft containing one to four hair follicles is harvested. Tiny incisions are made at the receptor area for the placement of the donor follicles.

The patient has to take precautions before the surgery for several days to avoid any mishap during the procedure. It is recommended blood thinners intake should be stopped as it can cause bleeding during the surgery. Avoid smoking and alcohol as it can increase the healing time and lead to poor graft life.

After the FUE Hair Transplant

·         The morning after the hair transplant it is recommended to wash your scalp thrice. For the rest of the week, it is asked to wash twice a day. You will be instructed on how to wash your scalp gently with care to avoid any damage to hair follicles.

·         You should also avoid the use of alcohol three days after the surgery and abstain from smoking for two weeks. Doctors also ask to avoid the exposure of sunlight for a week. Wear a hat when outside in sunlight.

·         Exercise can be started the second day of the surgery but as long as you avoid any activities that can put pressure on the scalp.

·         Some patients can feel swelling and redness around the transplanted hair which will vanish in about few days.

·         If any infection or bleeding is experienced then you should contact your surgeon as soon as possible.

·         Medications like Minoxidil and Finasteride are prescribed to be applied twice a day to enhance the growth.

Factors to Consider Before Planning the FUE Hair Transplant

·         You should never hesitate and feel shy to ask your surgeon about any queries that you have in mind regarding the technique of hair transplant, the overall cost, the pre and post-operative measures, the risks, the corrective surgeries, proof of the successful surgeries. It is also significant that the hair transplant clinic has extensive experience of hair transplant surgeries.

·         The surgeon you chose must be professional and a well certified from the International Hair Restoration Associations. The surgeon should have the expertise and the skills to make the hair transplant successful.

·         Do your search on the internet by visiting reliable resources to know how the FUE cost in Dubai, the hair transplant technique and procedure that can be of help. Getting in contact with the patients personally who have gone through the hair transplant surgery would be of great as you can understand the procedure in a better way.

FUE Cost In Dubai

The cost of the procedure depends on certain factors and that are

·         Number of grafts harvested for transplantation

·         Fee of the surgeon that mostly depends on the level of expertise

·         Technique used for the hair transplant

This all the insight of the surgical technique of hair restoration, the Follicular Unit Extraction.