FUT Hair Transplant

Introduction

Hair Transplant is the procedure in which hair follicles are harvested from the donor area mainly back of the scalp and then transplanted to the bald area or the recipient area. The transplanted hair grows in a natural way as the original ones and thus a bald person gets his hair back. If the science of hairline design is followed during the procedure, this will give an absolutely natural look to the person.

First Hair Transplant was performed by a Japanese doctor, Dr. Shoji Okuda(1886-1962) in 1937. Later Dr. Norman Orentrich described the use of hair transplant in male pattern baldness and gave the theory of “Donor dominance”. The hair in the occipital zone are resistant to the effect of DHT and hence are usually persist for a lifetime. Hair roots taken from this zone is considered as permanent. He demonstrated that the new hair grew and remains there as they would have in the donor area.

Previously Hair Transplant was done by using a method known as “ Punch grafting”. 4.0 mm punch grafts were implanted, this gives the doll-like appearance and unnatural look.

The modern era of Hair Transplant started with the natural result of hair transplant by the implantation of the single follicular unit. The follicular unit can be harvested by one of two methods-

What is FUT Hair Transplant?

Hair Transplant Stages in FUT

• Marking of the strip area – After taking the density of the donor area from the safe zone ( occipital area), calculation of the required grafts is done and the area is marked. We usually prefer to take long strip with less width (1 to 1.5 cm).

• Anesthesia- Hair transplant is done under local anesthesia. The patient is fully awake during the procedure. After giving local anesthesia to the skin of the scalp the remaining procedure is almost Pain-free.

• Strip Excision- Strip of the skin is excised under all aseptic precaution. Suturing is done and a dressing is applied.

• Slivering – This long strip is divided into small slivers, usually one hair graft thick. This is known as slivering. These slivers are then sent for graft dissection.

• Graft dissection is done under the stereomicroscope, A healthy graft is a pear-shaped with a small amount of fat under the bulb. A graft may have one to four terminal hair with one or two vellus hair. This is known as “follicular unit”. These follicular units are kept in graft holding solution and are now ready for implantation. At Rejuvenate Hair Transplant Centre we use Plasma with PRP as graft holding solution for providing nutrition and biological atmosphere to the grafts.

• Implantation of grafts is done in the premade holes by “No touch to Root technique”. This is the last step of the procedure. After giving instructions, the patient can go home.

Advantages of FUT Hair Transplantation

How Much Cost Involved in FUT Hair Transplant?

Cost of Hair Transplant depends on various factors. A well qualified, experienced surgeon definitely charge more than a novice surgeon. Centre in which hair transplant is to be performed should also be well equipped to tackle all emergencies. So if you want a safe hair transplant cost must be a secondary factor.

At Rejuvenate Hair Transplant Centre cost is taken as per graft so the total number of hair graft will decide the cost of hair transplant. It is 40 INR + GST at our centre.

Some centre takes more charges for a particular technique either FUT or FUE, depending on their comfort of doing a particular technique. We at our centre take equal charges for FUT and FUE, we are having well-qualified doctors and technicians to perform both the procedure with equal precision so as to give the best result of Hair Transplant.

Difference Between FUE and FUT Hair Transplant

In FUT Hair Transplant you get a linear scar which is almost invisible (trichophytic closure) while there is no linear scar in FUE Hair Transplant. But multiple small circular scars are given after extraction of follicles using the circular punch. If the quality of Punch is good these circular scars are almost invisible.

In Hair Transplant, by FUE we can harvest body hair follicles while it is not possible in FUT Hair Transplant. This is the greatest advantage of Hair Transplant by FUE. Now a day it is very common to harvest follicles from beard and chest and we are getting a good hair transplant result even in grade VII patient by the combination of FUT and FUE, or FUE and BHT.

Hair Transplant by FUE is also a very good procedure for a small number of follicles to be transplanted like for beard, mustache, Cleft lip scar, burn scar and for successive stages of hair transplant.

In FUT Hair Transplant strip harvesting follicle dissection is done under direct vision using magnification so chances of follicle damage are very negligible. While Hair Transplant by FUE is a blind technique of harvesting follicles It is the expertise of surgeon which determines the rate of follicle transection. At Rejuvenate Hair Transplant Centre Follicle transaction rate is 1-4%.

Usually, the cost of Hair Transplant by FUE is much more than FUT Hair Transplant because it involves more time and expensive disposables to be used in this technique. But at Rejuvenate Hair Transplant Centre we are charging the same for both the techniques.

Previously it was said that in FUT Hair Transplant more number (more than 3000) of follicles can be harvested in one sitting while this may not be possible in Hair Transplant by FUE, But in recent times we can even harvest 5000 follicles by FUE from the scalp, beard, and chest.

FUT Hair Transplant Results

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