Hair Transplant

Follicular unit extraction (FUE)

FUE is the latest major technical advancement in hair restoration surgery. In an FUE hair transplant, a large number of hair follicles is obtained in a single day providing excellent regrowth and patient tolerance without any great marks. Each individual follicular unit (FU) is obtained directly from the scalp, rather than from a strip of donor tissue that has been removed from the scalp like FUT. FUE hair transplants were originally performed using motorized punches of various types used to remove follicular units one at a time. In general, any patient who is a candidate for hair restoration surgery is a candidate for FUE hair transplant. A patient may be a poor candidate for a strip harvest, yet may achieve a good result with FUE.

Advantages of FUE

Shaving the head without any noticeable scarring (to wear hair <2 mm.)
No sutures, no permanent linear scar.
Decreased healing time, comfortable healing process
Less post-operative pain
Fewer limits on post-op activity
Viable alternative in people with very tight scalps.
Extends the donor area
Useful if limited number of grafts are needed
Ideal to repair old donor scar
Operation in low-density donor hair,
Debulking plugs and minigrafts
Removal of undesirable hairline grafts, hairline correction
Body hair harvest
No permanently distortion of hair growth angles

FUE requires a steep learning curve, patience, physical stamina and endurance, a delicate touch, excellent hand–eye coordination and excellent hand motor skills. Essentially, it can be said that manual FUE hair transplants protect the donor area and provide good quality grafts. At RENEW, we implement our modiﬁed technique, (non-touch technique). The goal of an FUE hair transplant is to achieve homogenization throughout the head. To provide homogenization, it is important to use all parts of the donor area in random distribution. Even after multiple sessions, the donor area appears to be slightly less dense than it was previously, but only upon close inspection.

Mega Session / Body Hair Transplant (B H T) With Scalp

FUE hair transplant mega sessions refers to transplanting a large number of grafts in a single session. At renew, we implement mega sessions with great success in combination of scalp, beard and chest area. The advantages of a mega session are; a faster end result and the convenience of having an FUE hair transplant in a single session rather than over several sessions. The success of the FUE hair transplant requires mastery using micro-sized openings and special implanting techniques with high-powered magniﬁcation. Patients must be carefully selected. An experienced, well-organized FUE hair transplant surgical team and quality control is mandatory.

Beard Transplant

Facial hair transplant is a procedure that restores hair to areas where facial hair growth is thin or missing. It can be done to restore the goatee and mustache, as well as sideburns, the cheek beard, and anywhere that hair is desired, even if the hair has never grown in the area before. Facial hair transplants can also be used to conceal acne scars and other types of accident scars. The number of grafts required can vary but averages are as follows: 350-1000 grafts for the mustache, 600-2000 grafts for a full goatee, 200-500 grafts for each sideburn, and 300 to as many as 2500 grafts for each cheek beard. While not very common, some patients may require and or desire a second usually smaller procedure to transplant additional grafts if they desire more than moderate density.