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Last updated: 11/24/2009
Right after surgery, you should avoid vigorous activity and excessive exposure to the sun, which could injure the grafts. Once you are home you may want to take a prescription pain pill, primarily to reduce discomfort from the donor area, which may...
feel a bit “tight.” The pain medication will also help you rest more comfortably. Many patients find that the discomfort following surgery is minor and take some ibuprofen; some patients choose not to take any pain medications at all.
Follow the instructions for care and cleaning your scalp during the healing period which will last about a week. Very gentle shampooing helps to remove traces of blood crusts after the first day, and keeps the scalp clean. Within a few days the grafts will heal so well that they will be just about invisible, especially if they were placed between existing hairs. You will be applying an antibiotic ointment every day to keep the new grafts moist, and to help avoid infections. You will also take prescription antibiotic capsules to further reduce the risk of infections. If any unusual complications occur, including excessive swelling, redness, bumps, or bleeding, contact the office and be prepared to go in that day. Most micrograft patients choose to go back to work one or two days after surgery.
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This video shows actual footage of a Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) procedure. This approach allows doctors to extract intact scalp hairs and roots for hair transplant procedures.
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Follicular units are the naturally occurring groups of 1-4 hairs that are present in the human scalp. Each group also contains sebaceous (oil) glands, nerves, a small muscle and occasional fine vellus hairs. The essence of Follicular Unit Transplantation is to use these individual, naturally occurring follicular units exclusively in the hair transplant procedure. This will accomplish a number of objectives critical to the hair restoration process.
In the last few years, an elite group of hair restoration physicians have and continue to revolutionize standard follicular unit transplantation, called "Ultra Refined follicular unit hair transplantation". Trimming smaller "skinny" grafts and making smaller incisions with ultra refined tools allows a hair transplant surgeon to dense pack follicular unit grafts even closer together, almost twice as much as standard follicular unit transplantation. Benefits therefore of ultra refined follicular unit hair transplantation include 1) Dense packing follicular unit grafts closer together when appropriate for the patient 2) larger single hair transplant sessions requiring fewer sessions for the patient 3) mininizing scalp trauma lessening the risk of "shock loss" of existing "native" hair.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follicular_unit_transplantation
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