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Traditional Hair Transplantation relied on the redistribution of
scalp hair follicles from donor regions of higher density such
as the back and sides of the scalp to the balding regions. This
was fine when the donor regions could provide enough yield to
cover the balding region. Thus those with sparser donor sites
were less fortunate and the coverage available would be less if
any, than desirable.
Studies have found that donor sites in other regions of the body
have been successfully transplanted to the scalp. This relocated
follicle once transplanted into the scalp region attains the
characteristic of regular scalp hair rather than the character
of the donor site.
The technique used is called Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE).
This revolutionary technique has provided hope for those who
have poor donor scalp hair density but an abundance of body
hair.
The FUE technique is more time consuming than Follicular Strip
Extraction (FSE) as a a follicular units are harvested
individually from the donor site and transplanted individually
into the recipient site. Since it is more time consuming, fewer
follicular units can be transplanted at any given sitting.
Even thought the technique is slower, there are heralded
benefits;
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Harvesting via FUE is less invasive than strip harvesting and
therefore results in a speedier donor recovery time.
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Technique allows harvesting from alternate regions of the body
and results in minimal scarring.
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The
opportunity of using body hair in the scalp region provides
new hope for those individuals with sparse donor scalp hair.
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