Advanced techniques transplant these naturally occurring 1 to 4 hair plug groups. This technique makes for a much more a natural appearance. This new procedure is called Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT).
In one method a strip of scalp is removed under local anesthesia and this piece of scalp tissue is then cut in to small pieces of tissue called grafts,(hair plugs), which are transplanted back in to the thinning area of the head. This will leave a small linear scar in the donor area, which should be covered by a patients hair when it grows longer.
The next method is FUE Harvesting(Follicular Unit Extraction). Individual follicles are removed under local anesthesia and uses tiny punches of between 0.6mm and 1.25mm in diameter. Each follicle is then reinserted back in to the scalp in the thinning area. Because this is single follicles and little tissue is removed there aren’t visible scars. Recovery from FUE is within 7 days.
Hair implants have come a long ways since their introduction years ago. They now look as natural as the rest of your hair. It’s a major improvement from the old days when your head would look like it had measles with a few hairs popping out of each red bump. Looking like that wasn’t what most people wanted.
Hair implants look totally natural now days. MOF, people who don’t know you will never be able to tell that you’ve had the implants. There are few effective and unnoticeable ways to look as if you have a full head of hair but implants are ideal for men with male pattern baldness.
