siliconindia | | September 20189FUE is a relatively blind technique and is not recommended for people with thin hair, especially women or in men who have very curly hairHair Transplant OptionsWe believe that all techniques produce equally good results. No one tech-nique is perfect and each technique has its advantages and disadvantages. Each technique leaves scars and each has its small recovery period. I feel the biggest advantage of FUT is the larger number of hair grafts that can be extracted without overall reduction in densities.Option-1: We believe one of the best option is FUT or Strip method. A hair bearing strip is removed from the back portion of the head and each follicular unit is then separated from the strip. The follicular unit is then in-dividually implanted into the recipient zone. The area at the back of the head is then closed in the most meticulous manner. You can actually see some hair growth through the scar, and there is rarely any hairless scar region pres-ent. Nearly 100 percent of the follicle units that are separated from the strip are available for implantation and are absolutely viable. In fact, in men with curly hair, this technique is the only recommended procedure in order to get 100 percent success rates. Option-2: FUE-follicular unit ex-traction necessitates the requirement to shave-off the head down to almost one mm. The procedure involves in-dividual follicular unit removal us-ing a special punch technique. These punches vary between 0.6 and 0.8 mm leaving very fine scars at the back of the head, which are only visible if complete shaving is done. Biggest advantage of this technique is that the scars are not visible even if the patient maintains a short haircut. The disadvantage of this technique is the relatively less number of hair follicle units that can be extracted and overall decrease in density of the donor area with repeated sessions. FUE is a rel-atively blind technique and is not rec-ommended for people with thin hair, especially women or in men who have very curly hair. The doctor's expertise is of extreme importance in this tech-nique, since this approach is a blind procedure and the viability of the graphs depend on how well the doctor is able to manage the procedure.Option-3: Our special MMFT technique. In this technique which is published in plastic surgery journals, we do a combination of the above two techniques in order to achieve a much larger number of follicle grafts in one session, allowing large cover-age as well as great density as well as to minimise the individual side effects of any procedure.Option-4: Robotic hair trans-plant ­ A significant improvement of the FUE technique allowing a ro-botic interface with better precision and results. Option-5: Long Hair transplant ­ Some people cannot afford to take time-off from office or their work sit-uation. In them, we perform the long hair transplant which involves trans-plantation of follicular units with long hair shafts. This procedure takes con-siderable more time to perform and is consequently a little bit more expen-sive. However, it allows the person to get back to their office or routine activity as soon as two days after the procedure without any evidence of having done hair transplant. All hair transplant procedures last between 3 and 6 hours depending on the number of hair that are implanted and the tech-nique that is used.
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