As long as the donor area is sufficient, any person with hair loss can have it done. The fue method can be recommended for patients who do not want a straight line scar in the donor area, who wish to have more grafts transplanted in one session, and who want to use short donor area hair. Fue technique is also recommended for candidates who have had fut or fue done before. Fue is a very suitable method for patients who have small openings in the hairline or crown area, who risk shedding in the future, and who may need a second or third operation.
If there is any systemic disease that will constitute a contraindication to an operation to be performed under local anesthesia, it should be performed after this disease has been treated. It is not recommended for patients with unrealistic expectations and insufficient donor area. It should also be done after active disease treatment in patients with active skin disease. Before the procedure, B12, B6, and zinc levels should be normal and thyroid disease should be treated, if any. In diabetic patients, blood sugar levels should be at normal levels. The presence of psychological disorders such as trichotillomania, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression and body dysmorphic syndrome should still be investigated in patients.
Generally, the hair in both the recipient area and the donor area is shortened. In particular, the donor area is shortened in the fue method.
Under normal conditions, it takes between 6 and 8 hours on average.
It is poured in the form of an incision 3-4 weeks after the operation. This phenomenon is called shock shedding. In fact, the producing follicles are planted. As the hair falls, these follicles remain under the skin and begin to produce hair. They start dating after an average of 3 months. They don't all come out at the same time. The output continues for an average of 5 months, increasing the intensity, and continues until the eighth month. Situations such as asymmetry in regions, concentration of one region before, and less frequent occurrence of other regions can be seen. Therefore, it would not be correct to evaluate the result in this period. An average of 8 months should be waited for the evaluation of the outputs. Between the eighth month and the first year, softening of the scar and redistribution of the hairy strands due to this softening and also thickening are observed. When the eighth month and the first year are compared, it is noticed that the first year image is more natural. An average of one year can be expected in the evaluation of its natural appearance. Since they are not affected by the DHT hormone, there is no shedding like in male pattern baldness.
