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Rahal
Hair Transplant
servicing men and women with hair loss and thinning hair in the Ottawa,
Montreal and Toronto areas.
Dr. Rahal -
Follicular Unit Extraction or FUE Hair Transplant:
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is one of the latest
advancements in hair transplantation. FUE differs from the strip
surgery in its method of harvesting the donor area. Those
patients who prefer to avoid the donor scar from the strip
surgery may take advantage of the FUE procedure.
We still utilize the follicular unit approach for the
restoration process but instead of removing a whole strip we
transplant one individual follicular unit at a time. The
instrumentation we use is so small that the donor area is left
with tiny, almost invisible marks. The main advantage of this
approach is that it provides flexibility to have a very short
hairstyle or even shave the donor area.
With FUE hair transplantation, the donor hair available for
extraction is maximized due to the ability of Dr. Rahal to
harvest hair from throughout the 'permanent zone', including
nape hair. Additionally, Dr. Rahal can select the follicular
units that will offer the most hairs per graft, and produce an
optimal yield. Conversely, strip procedures limit surgeons to
using only those hairs found in a single strip of scalp tissue.
Sometimes FUE & FUT hair transplant surgery can be combined
under the correct circumstances to maximize the donor area and
provide the most follicular units to be harvested in one
procedure. This could benefit those in an advanced Norwood Scale
of hair loss and looking to achieve the best coverage and
density in one hair transplant session.
FUE is a particularly good option for those with increased risk
of donor scarring (Asians, for example). It also serves as an
alternative for those who do not have enough scalp laxity to
undergo traditional strip excision. FUE can even be used to
repair linear donor scars (from previous strip procedures) that
cannot be excised.
During the FUE post operative healing period, there are only a
few limitations placed upon the patient for the first 2 weeks or
so. Patients rarely report any donor area pain from the excision
area. The donor area can be washed as vigorously as necessary.
Hair grows out from the donor area fairly quickly, so by one
week after an FUE procedure most donor wounds will be covered by
a short beard-like growth of the hair making the donor excisions
nearly undetectable.
The table below summarizes the pros and cons of Follicular Unit
Extraction:
Advantages of FUE
* No linear scar
* No need for sutures
* Good choice of procedure for patients with short hair
* Good option for patients with previous scarring or a tight
scalp
* Good choice if a limited number of grafts are required
* Quick healing time
* Minimal discomfort after surgery
* Less downtime/able to resume normal activities and exercise
quickly
Disadvantages of FUE
* Time consuming procedure
* Costs more than FUT
* Risk of damage to the follicular units
* Limited supply of donor hair as some hair must be left to
cover the rest of that area
* Small scars may obstruct nearby follicular units which can be
problematic if further sessions are required
* Not enough suitable candidates for unit extraction than with
FUT
* May be difficult to achieve an 'even spread' of units
* More than one session is needed
size of grafts from FUE
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Dr. Rahal
Hair Transplant Video Results |
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Dr. Rahal hair transplant, amazing high definition video footage and transformation, see what
2989 grafts can do for temporal recession, patient is 1 year
post op. Click
hair transplant video to watch. |
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Dr. Rahal hair transplant for patient with diffuse thinning on
top and in the frontal area. Video results is 11 months post op
after 3976 grafts. Results are extremely natural and
undetectable with little or no signs of hair transplantation.
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hair transplant video to watch. |
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