Monday, April 29, 2013

The Process of Follicular Unit Grafting

By Raymond Lewis


Here at Virginia Surgical Clinic, we use the newest hair transplant surgery techniques: follicular unit transplantation. With follicular unit hair follicle implantation the donor hair is harvested by excising a narrow strip of scalp from the donor area -- an area at the back of the head that is resistant to baldness. Each follicular unit in the donor strip contains 1 to 4 hairs (grafts). Follicular unit transplantation is intensely efficient because several thousand hair grafts can be obtained from one donor strip. While in principle follicular unit hair transplantation is very simple, its implementation needs exacting micro-surgical abilities, attention to detail, and artistry.

More On Graft Production

Hair in the scalp grows in little family groupings know as follicular units, which contain between one and five hairs each. It is very important the integrity of these groupings remain undisturbed during the dissection process.

Two-Stage Process

The making of follicular unit grafts from the donor scalp requires a two-stage process of first slivering the ellipse into exceedingly fine scalp sections and then dissection of the follicular units from these slivers.

Both stages of this process are achieved by the usage of the stereoscopic dissecting microscope. The utilisation of these technically advanced microscopes has reduced transection of hair follicles to the extent that we now have a 30% increase in yield from our donor strip. The reason for this is that we are now in a position to immediately visualize the scalp we are dissecting under high magnification, instead of simply cutting blindly through the donor strip as seen in older hair transplant methods.

Virginia Surgical Hair Center's proven hair transplant technique delivers one of the most natural looking results in the industry. We offer world-class experience, innovation, and artistry which is why its easy to see why Virginia Surgical Center continues to set the gold standard for the industry.




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