12 things you should know about the capillary micrograft - FUE technique

FUE technique is a minimally invasive hair transplantation technique, with a very short recovery time and excellent results.

It is currently the best hair transplant technique due to its great advantages and benefits, these are the 12 things you should know about the capillary Micrograft - FUE Technique:

1. Arrival of the patient at the medical center
   
   The patient will be received in our medical center by the person in charge of the hair area and will be transferred to the surgical area where they will be changed and prepared for the procedure.
   
   
2. Presentation of the medical staff and nurses and assistants.
   
   Once the patient is in the operating room, they will be greeted by the nurse who will accompany the doctor throughout the procedure. The doctor will talk with the patient and explain to the patient how the procedure will be performed, which consists of 2 parts; extraction and implantation.
   
   
3. Photographs, washing and haircut.
   
   The first photographs will be taken prior to transplantation, which will give us a clear image prior to transplantation to be able to compare at the end of the surgery the significant change and the design that will mark its future image.

         Likewise, these images will serve as documentation for both the clinic and the patient and to be able to carry out a periodic control of               the evolution until obtaining the desired final result.

          Each patient may request the photos during all stages of their treatment.

4. Explanation of the surgical procedure
   
   Once the photographs are taken, the patient will take a medication provided by the doctor as an antibiotic prophylaxis. Later he will explain the phases of the surgery, which are the extraction and implantation (a process that can last from 2 hours each to 4 hours each depending on the number of follicles to be implanted).

   The patient will be placed on the stretcher where they can rest during the extraction phase. After this period there will be a break where you can have lunch, to later begin with the second phase of surgery; the implantation.

5. Design of the Donor and Receiver areas
   
   In the pre-operative consultation, a pre-design will have been carried out that I will be in mutual agreement with the patient and following the doctor's suggestions to obtain the best possible result, keeping the parameters within normality.

   Once in the operating room, the doctor again makes the design that was agreed upon from the beginning and proceeds to draw the design of the receiving area (area where the new implants will be placed). The donor area (area where the implants will be removed) will also be marked. follicles for future placement).

   To obtain the follicular units, it is necessary to have an area free of hair, which is why the hair must be cut by making bands or shaving the back and sides (this depends on the size of the patient's hair and the number of units that are removed to be implanted).

6. Donor area anesthesia
   
   Throughout the surgery we use local anesthesia so the patient will remain awake and does not run any type of risks or complications.

   The only sensation you will have will be the prick of the anesthesia like a dentist and then you will not have any discomfort, so you can rest if you wish while the surgeon is working.

7. Start of extraction of follicular units from the donor area

   Once the donor area (back and / or side of the scalp) has been delimited, and local anesthesia has been applied; which after a few seconds produces a numbness and insensitivity of said area, the patient will be able to rest without presenting any type of discomfort; at which point we begin to remove each of the follicles individually.
   
   Each of the follicles that are extracted come from genetically programmed areas not to fall, so the transplanted follicles will grow for life.
   
   The doctor determines which are the best areas to remove the follicles, depending on the characteristics of each patient; All this is done with great care, due to the delicacy of each of the follicles with the aim of removing them in a non-traumatic, individual and clean way; maintaining all the integrity of said follicle, vital for its survival.
   
   The extraction is performed using millimetric surgical instruments called “punchs”, which have the function of a cylindrical micro-scalpel with a range of 0.75 to 0.90 mm in diameter, using the thickness according to the diameter of the hair of each patient.
   
   After being "punch" cut, the follicular units are extracted from the scalp with extremely delicate special tweezers.
   
   The follicles are placed in special containers with divisions, to keep them separated depending on the number of hairs each has, keeping them at a low temperature, essential for their survival.
   
   
8. Counting, preparation and conservation of follicular units
   
   A counter next to the patient is counting the follicular units removed by the surgeon, so we keep a correct control of the total number of follicles throughout the procedure. Later, the nurses count the follicles separated by number of hairs and give us the total number of hair per surgery.
   All follicular units are placed in a suitable storage solution to maintain the vitality of the follicles.
   Preparing and maintaining the proper follicular units is the key to successful hair transplantation. This preparation is carried out by perfectly trained nurses who use special magnifying glasses or a stereoscope for the manipulation and care of the follicles.
   
   The follicular units must remain preserved under a special storage substance, which will keep them hydrated and at a suitable low temperature where they will remain until the moment of implantation.
   
   
9. Break for lunch
   
   As we said at the beginning, the hair transplant takes an average of 4 to 8 hours depending on the number of follicles to be implanted.
   Due to the length of the procedure, we are taking a lunch break; time in which the patient will have 30 -45 where they can eat something light, make a call and rest for a moment.
   
   
10. Follicular unit implantation
    
    It is the second phase of the procedure, where the extracted follicular units will be implanted. Local anesthesia is performed in the area to be worked, as in the extraction phase; and all the removed follicles begin to be implanted one by one.
    
    The nurses place the follicular units in devices called implanters which enter the scalp leaving implanted new follicles that will grow in the future for a lifetime.
    This is the stage where the surgeon shows all his skill due to the good design that he had to carry out previously and the placement of the follicles according to the number of hairs, direction of growth and angle of inclination.
    
    
11. Photos after transplant
    
    The second photographs of the day will be taken, after the transplant, which help us to compare before the surgery and at the end of the surgery the significant change and the new design that will mark its future image.
    
    
12. Post-operative instructions.
    
    The patient will be explained the steps to follow and take into account for the following days after surgery, fundamental for the care and survival of the follicles.

Everything explained regarding the care, evolution and growth of the transplant, hair washing, medication and possible side effects will be in writing so as not to have any doubts and thus be able to follow the instructions that were indicated at the end of the procedure.

Do you dare to try it? Clínica CIME's team of doctors will assist you from day one, giving you the security and confidence you are looking for. Go ahead and rejuvenate your skin and give it the best care!

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Dr. Manuel Rubio

Aesthetic Doctor

Col 45659