Hair transplantation is a surgical technique in which hair follicles are taken from a part of the body called the ‘donor area’ to a bald or bald area of the body known as the ‘recipient area’.
The technique is primarily used in the treatment of male pattern baldness. In this minimally invasive procedure, grafts containing hair follicles that are genetically resistant to balding (such as the back of the head) are transplanted into the bald scalp.
Hair transplantation can also be used to restore eyelashes, eyebrows, beard, chest hair, pubic hair, and to fill scars from accidents or surgeries such as facelifts and previous hair transplants.
Hair transplantation differs from skin graft in that grafts contain almost all of the epidermis and dermis surrounding the hair follicle, and many small grafts are transplanted instead of a single strip of skin.
Because hair naturally grows in groups of 1 to 4 hairs, current techniques collect and transplant hair into “follicular units” in their natural group. Thus, modern hair transplantation can achieve a natural look by imitating the original hair direction.
This hair transplant procedure is called follicular unit transplant (FUT). Donor hair can be removed in two different ways: strip collection and follicular unit extraction (FUE).
