Scar-free FUE hair transplant

The FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) method differs from the strip method in that the grafts are taken individually from the whole occipital region of the head.

The surgeon extracts each graft separately with a specialized device up to 1 mm in diameter, a process which does not leave any scarring like the strip method can.

Following the transplant only microscopic marks in the form of small red spots are left on the back of the head. However, within a short period of time these marks heal and become completely invisible.

The use of this method is recommended for first to fifth degree hair loss as defined by the Norwood scale. FUE is also highly suited to posttraumatic and post-burn operations, as well as the restoration of eyebrows and eyelashes.

In cases where the donor area has insufficient stock for a full strip transplant, the FUE method allows the extraction of additional grafts from different parts of the body (the chest, feet, and back for example).

Using the FUE method we can extract up to 3,500 grafts in one 6 to 8 hour session. Surgery can consist of 2 sessions that take place over the course of two days. It is possible to extract up to 5,000 grafts using the FUE method.

Transplanting hairs by the FUE method we carefully select each graft from the patient's donor zone – we extract only 3-hairs and 4-hairs grafts.

It's also possible to extract grafts from the beard and body.

Once the grafts are extracted using the FUE method, it is no longer possible to extract further grafts from the same area.

A photo report on a hair transplant using the seamless FUE method applied in the case of a patient from Ireland

Below are represented the photos of the whole process of the hair restoration of the patient from Ireland since the face-to-face consultation till the evening when surgery was finished.

You can also watch a video of a FUE hair transplant.

Doctor Akaki examines the donor zone using a trichoscope. This process enables the surgeon to identify the transplant potential for each of the patient’s donor zones and determine the quantity of potential grafts in each square centimeter. This information will allow the surgeon to define the quantity of grafts which could be extracted for the forthcoming hair transplant.

Then the doctor explains to the patient the possible options for hair restoration:

Doctor Akaki paints the patient’s new hair line across his forehead:

After reaching an agreement on the conditions of the procedure, our officer gives him a contract specifying the details of the surgery and outlining Talizi’s responsibilities and commitment for a successful surgery. We guarantee that all the transplanted hairs will grow throughout the patient’s entire life; otherwise Talizi will return the sum paid by the patient.

The parties fill out the contract:

Doctor Akaki explains the procedure in detail and answers all the patient’s questions:

The contract is bound by the signatures of the parties and by Talizi’s stamp:

After that, the doctor leaves the agreed hairline on the patient’s head and takes some photos for the archive:

As the hair transplant will be carried out using the seamless FUE method, the assistant cuts the patients' hair:

After that the doctor carries out a more detailed investigation of the head using a folliscope. This inspection will help to establish the average quantity of hairs for each graft, the ratio between hairs in the growing and resting phases, the ratio between healthy and weaker hairs, and to help precisely define the areas of the head naturally resistant to baldness.

Upon the completion of these procedures the patient is dressed in special clothes and is led to the surgery:

Local anesthesia is carried out. The patient feels only the first few pricks. The rest of the process is absolutely painless.

The surgeon prepares his tool for the removal of the hair grafts:

Talizi uses special heads with needles of a small diameter, reducing trauma in the donor zone, and in turn allowing the extraction of the grafts with minimum damage:

The preparation stage is finished and now surgery begins:

The surgeon isolates part of the skin around the hair graft, releasing the graft and enabling the assistant to extract it:

The assistant takes the isolated graft by using special micro-tools which allow it to be processed quickly, carefully and accurately:

The assistant collects the grafts in a special container with a surgical solution that prevents dehydration and improves the graft's survival rate:

Grafts are extracted in such manner that the donor area is not damaged. The surgeon extracts every sixth to eighth graft in the donor zone:

The patient lies conscious without any unpleasant sensations:

This is how the hair grafts look in the container held by the assistant:

All extracted grafts must pass careful checks, and are processed by the assistants under stereo-microscopes. Only living grafts will be counted and transplanted. Grafts which have been damaged by the surgeon continue to grow in the donor area as the roots remain in place.

This is how the processed grafts look. All of the containers are put into Petri dishes filled with surgical solution, and are stored in a refrigerator at a temperature of 4 C°. This prevents the warming and dehydration of grafts, and increases the graft's survival rate.

Graft extraction is now over. Now the patient rises for a 5-minute break, and then sits in a special armchair where the surgeon will begin to make pores in the recipient zone.

Doctor Akaki shows the grafts to the patient and explains how they have been processed:

In Talizi, we use special needles of different diameters for different types of graft. It allows us to make the smallest possible pores into which the grafts are placed. This allows the skin on the head of the patient to heal as fast as possible. On the next day, the patient washes his head, and in two to three days they can return to living as normal.

The needles have a special restriction on the depth of the incision, preventing the surgeon from making the pore too deep and damaging the recipient area:

The patient does not feel any discomfort or pain throughout the procedure:

Now the calculation of grafts is over!
In total, the following numbers of grafts were extracted:
656 1-hair grafts; 1,021 2-hair grafts; 358 grafts of 3–4-hairs.
In all, 2,035 grafts containing 3,965 hairs were extracted.

The counter measures the number of completed pores. Now the surgeon knows, how many grafts of each type were extracted, and he can make the necessary number of pores for each type of graft.