What Is No Touch Technique?
The latest "No Touch" technique refers to follicular units being extracted (FUE) and automatically inserted into a cylinder tube like device. It holds the follicular unit without damaging, then use it to insert the graft into recipient sites eliminating the human touch factor.
This technique make the Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) more easier method than before, the most importent factor of this technique is its imporved and 100% satisfactory results.
What is Follicular Unit Extraction?
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is a method of obtaining donor hair
for
Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT), where individual
follicular units are harvested directly from the donor area, without
the need for a linear incision. In this hair restoration procedure,
a 1-mm punch is used to make a small circular incision in the skin
around the upper part of the follicular unit, which is then
extracted directly from the scalp.
Three-Step FUE
A significant advance in Follicular Unit Extraction has been the
addition of “blunt” dissection to the original technique of “sharp”
dissection followed by extraction. In this three-step technique, a
sharp punch is used to score the epidermis (cut just the upper part
of the skin) and then a dull punch is used to bluntly dissect
(separate) the follicular unit grafts from the surrounding deeper
dermis. The third step is the same, namely removing the follicular
graft from the scalp using fine forceps.
At GHT Hair Transplant in Pakistan, we use a proprietary dissecting instrument that allows us to
efficiently perform this 3-step technique with minimal transection.
The instrument is positioned around the scored upper part of the
follicle and allowing the surgeon to remove the entire follicular
unit from the scalp. This new design was presented at the ISHRS
meeting in 2005.
The advantage of this hair transplant technique over the original
two-step process is that using a dull punch minimizes follicle
transection (damage). As the blunt-tipped punch is advanced into the
dermis, the follicles, which naturally separate deeper in the skin,
are “gathered together” within the opening of the instrument, rather
than risk the lower portions of the follicles being cut off. Another
significant advantage of the new technique is that it increases the
number of patients who are FOX positive and thus who are able to
benefit from FUE.
The Advantages & disadvantages of
Follicular Unit Extraction
Advantages
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No linear scar
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Important for
those who wear their hair short
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Decreases
healing time in the donor area
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Useful for those
with a greater risk of donor scarring (Asians)
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Ideal for
repairing donor scars that cannot be excised
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No limitations
on strenuous exercise after the procedure
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Provides an
alternative when the scalp is too tight for a strip excision
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Extends the size
of the donor area (but not necessarily the total number of grafts)
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Enables one to
harvest finer hair from the nape of the neck to be used at the
hairline or for eyebrows
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Makes it
theoretically possible to harvest non-scalp hair
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Most useful when
a limited number of grafts are needed
Disadvantages
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Maximum
follicular unit graft yield is lower than with FUT
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Greater patient
variability in who are good candidates compared to FUT
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More difficult
to capture the entire follicular unit
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Size of session
is limited
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Requires
multiple sessions to equal the size of a single FUT
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Problems of
buried grafts
This technique can also be used to perform a
body hair FUE hair transplant, allowing patients with bald or
almost completely bald heads to expand their donor possibilities.
When
can I go back to work?
Many patients are concerned how they will look immediately after the
procedure and a few days later. Their main worry, is after how many
days following the procedure they will be able to return to work
without any visible signs. The photos below document a patient's
progress in the first ten days following hair transplant surgery.
The
photos below will help you to understand better the FUE technique
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Donor area
during the procedure |
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Donor area 10
days after the procedure |
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Donor area
during the procedure |
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Donor area 10
days after the procedure |
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