Hair Transplant: Overcoming Baldness

The principle of capillary implants is easy: the hair is extracted from an area of constant growth, and re-implanted in an area where hair no longer grows. In this case, the procedure consists of extracting grafts from the elongated area of the back of the neck. The hair that grows in this region will never fall out, even if it is re-implanted.

This method is known as the FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) It is the most popular type of hair transplant today because it involves removing hair follicles one by one without leaving a scar on the nape of the neck, and is great for small patches of baldness.

Hair transplants using FUT (Follicular Unit Transplant) are still very rarely done but they have two great advantages:

• They allow a large area to be covered in one session only.
• This is the only procedure that is suitable for patients with afro-textured hair.

Hair is grown in small groups of 1 to 4 hairs, called follicular units. Units of one or two hairs are used to reshape the hairline and give it a very natural appearance. Units of three or four hairs are installed in the middle of the head to give the hair thickness and volume.

The hair transplant is done in three stages.

Usually, the surgeon will fully shave the donor area before removing the follicular units, although it is possible to perform a FUE transplant without shaving. In this situation, small areas are removed that are covered up by the surrounding hair.

First of all, the practitioner will extract the follicular units with a punch, a very fine tool that maintains the hair bulb on the neck and temples. This leaves tiny holes less than a millimeter in diameter, leaving scars in the shape of small white dots that are almost invisible. Manual extraction holds the stem cells in the hair bulb. The donor area regenerates and can be used for future sessions

The second stage of a FUE hair transplant includes preparing the hair grafts. The assistants verify the quality of the grafts, which may include one to four hairs. They are then conserved in a storage bath of saline solution.

Finally, there is a hair implantation step. The surgeon marks the areas to be handled. This drawing acts as a guide during the entire procedure. The hair is implanted using a needle, which allows a small slit to be created in the skin as the graft is inserted at the same time.

Hair transplant operations take some time. Indeed, it requires implanting thousands of follicles on top of your head. One hair implantation session can last between 3 and 5 hours, depending on the patient's needs.

The operation is conducted out under local anaesthetic and is an outpatient procedure. This ensures that there is no need for the patient to spend the night in the hospital.

With almost 500 to 2000 grafts implanted, the first results are instantly visible with the follicles discreetly emerging from the patient's head. But, like a freshly planted lawn, it takes patience to see the results of a hair transplant. After four months, the hair will begin to grow. The results of hair growth will be visible from the sixth month onwards. At the end of the year, the patient will be able to see the final result. The scar on the neck nape will be entirely invisible from the moment the re-implanted hair reaches 1 to 2 centimetres.

Related services

FUE hair transplantation can be combined with PRP Hair injections and LED hair treatment. The techniques improve the chances of survival of the hair implanted into the bald patch.

The prices of the capillary implantation procedure will vary depending on the amount of grafts to be obtained and inserted in the bald patch.

The FUE technique (non-scarring)

The FUT technique (strip)

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