Follicular
Unit Transplantation (FUT) is said to be the most significant
advancement in hair transplantation techniques. In FUT,
hair is transplanted from the permanent zone (usually
the back and the side of the scalp) into the balding
areas. This is the benchmark for hair transplantation
for aesthetics.
The
use of stereo microscopic dissection for dissecting
micrografts is an essential component of FUT. Using
this technique, all the follicular units are removed
from the donor tissue under the microscope to avoid
damamge.
The
complete stereo microscopic dissection increases the
yield of the number of follicualr units as well as the
total number of hair of up to 25 percent. The hair would
appear to have come out of a single hole and that the
hairs are bundled together in their naturally growing
groups.
The
key to the FUT approach is that the characteristics
of the patient's hair dictate the size of the implant
rather than that of the doctor's. Singular follicular
units are placed in such a way as to create a natural
look of gradually increasing intensity as you go further
away from the hairline.
However,
the surgeon still decides on the distribution, hair
direction, and the balance between smaller grafts and
larger grafts to achieve the most natural cosmetic results.
In
reality not many hair surgeons have mastered FUT although
many have their own variations.
The
other common hair transpant technique is a variant of
the minigrafts called double
follicular units (DFU).
FUT has many advantages over DFU, some of these are:
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