8. FUE grafts
• removed directly from the donor
• time out of body
• less soft tissue surrounding the follicles
• splayed follicles
• bulbs of different length
more difficult to place
more prone to injury and desiccation
11. Recipient site
• vary in
• size
• shape
• depth
• width
• direction
• angulation
• orientation
• techniques
• sagittal to coronal incisions
• chisel blades to needles
12. Incision Orientation
perpendicular
• perpendicular to the long axis of hairs
• control of hair angle and direction
• improved hairlines
• greater densities
• better coverage
• vascular damage ?
• faster healing
• greater scalp coverage
parallel
• parallel to the long axis of hairs
• easier to place
• damage less of the surrounding hair
• easier to get inbetween native hairs
13. Basic Principles For Graft Placement
• maximize visualization
• avoid dehydration
• proper graft sizing
• gentle grasping
• maintaining appropriate rotation
of the natural CURVATURE
• avoid multiple placing attempts
• angle and directions of grafted
hair should match the RESIDUAl
hair
14. grasping the graft
• Ideally at the fat
• What about FUE ?
• special attention
• difficult to grasp in a bundle
formation
19. Stick and place
• sticker creates the site, and placer inserts the graft
• less bleeding
• no missed sites or piggy backing
• more difficult to control the distribution of the grafts
20. Implanter
• the incision is made and graft is placed simultaneously
• less bleeding
• no missed sites or piggy backing
• no time gap in which the recipient site is left empty and capable of
bleeding
• less trauma
• faster than traditional S&P