A warm welcome FUT Hair Transplant Patient
Designing the hairline FUT Hair Transplant
Confirming the hairline in theatre FUT Hair Transplant
Fine tuning the hairline and frontal forelock
Local anaesthetic
Pain? What Pain? FUT Hair transplant
Marking out the strip
Strip removed - suturing the wound
Wound closure FUT Hair Transplant
Preparing the grafts
Halfway closed
Hair combed over the stitches and not much to see
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Inserting the grafts
A relaxing day at the hair transplant clinic
Best Hair Transplant surgery team in South Africa
Now the hard part.... waiting for the hair to grow
Post op briefing... the do's and dont's

FUT HAIR TRANSPLANT SURGERY

FUT is a Surgical Hair Transplant Procedure that requires the surgeon to remove a single strip of hair-bearing skin from the head’s back. The site is neatly sutured closed before transplanting the hair.

Follicular Unit Transplant is the preferred surgery type for many patients, especially those suffering from severe balding.

FUT produces a large number of high-quality grafts while the donor site still looks dense and natural.

WHY CHOOSE A FUT HAIR TRANSPLANT?

  • Hair looks completely natural

  • Large number of grafts

  • Donor area looks the same (where hairs were extracted)

  • Not recognisable as a hair transplant

  • Local anaesthesia (like a visit to the dentist)

FUT/FUS Hair Transplant Surgery procedure

Hair transplantation is a minor surgical procedure, which is performed on an outpatient basis in our fully equipped theatres: At the start of each hair loss treatment, you are given a mild tranquilliser that minimises anxiety and reduces discomfort.

Your donor and recipient areas are anaesthetised by injecting a local anaesthetic using a very small-gauge needle.

A strip of hair-bearing skin is then removed from the back and sides of your head where there is permanent hair. This site is then sutured closed.

The donor’s hair is dissected into tiny grafts containing two to three hairs. These are placed into tiny slits in your recipient area. Your body’s natural “glue” will anchor the grafts in place within minutes.

Your scalp (hairy or bald) has an excellent blood supply, so a minimal amount of bleeding during the transplant procedure is expected. This is easily controlled by applying pressure.

Your hair surrounding the donor area camouflages the stitches in the donor site. To ensure better coverage, leave the hair in this area at least 1.5cm long.

Sutures are removed 10 to 12 days after the procedure.

Your transplanted hair will fall out over the next few weeks, leaving the viable hair follicles in a dormant state. Approximately 3 to 4 months after the hair restoration surgery, this hair will slowly start to grow back, and it will then continue to grow for the remainder of your life. Be patient, as full results will be apparent only eight months to one year later.

Your hair restoration surgeon will supply you with full written instructions explaining the pre-and postoperative routines before undergoing hair replacement treatment.

Bear in mind that hair loss is a lifelong process and further procedures may be necessary to fill in ongoing hair loss. The transplanted hair, however, will never fall out.