Before the steps of FUE, you need to know that the principles of FUE. Transplanting 1 to 4 hair follicular from the donor area, which is usually the back and sides of the head, to the recipient area, which is a thin or bald area.
- Establishment
- The first thing patients need to do is shaving the whole head or the only donor area. If you don’t want to shave your head as a whole, you can check the U-FUE method.
- The last part of this step is local anesthesia of the sampling area.
- Extraction of Hair Follicular
- Isolation of each hair follicular to be removed
- Extraction of each isolated hair follicular
- Preservation of the hair follicular in a special solution.
- Implantation of Hair Follicular
- 2 techniques depend on the angle and direction of natural hair after local anesthesia of the recipient area.
- Implantation in 2 steps; area preparation and placement of hair follicular.
- Direct Hair Implementation (DHI) with an implanter pen.
- 2 techniques depend on the angle and direction of natural hair after local anesthesia of the recipient area.
In some cases, doctors can repeat these 3 steps several times. Also, patients need to know that curly, frizzy, or afro hair need more specialization. And each session can take 4 hours to one day. If you wonder, the amount of the transplanted hair follicular is a maximum of 1500 – 4000 in one day and 6000 hair follicular in 2 – 3 days. It is important to remind that after the first phase, transplanted hair can fall, and it is normal; their regrowth occurs 2 to 5 months later. Also, the full result can be visible after 10 to 12 months.
