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OC NeoGraft© Surgical TreatmentTraditional hair restoration with the Strip technique is undergoing a major challenge by a newer and more advance procedure, automated FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) with NeoGraft. While the Strip technique has been the primary procedure done in the hair restoration industry for decades, it is losing it desire because of the invasive nature of the procedure over newer technologies and devices. In the not to distant future gone will be the days of a large linear scar across the back of the head and all hair restoration procedures will be done with automated FUE.
Traditional Strip surgeryNot many patients understand the actual Strip procedure and the potential problems associated with this method of hair restoration. Unlike automated FUE with NeoGraft, it is more invasive and has a greater risk for nerve transection and other complications.
The Strip procedure is the most common surgical hair procedure performed yet it has many unappealing aspects for patients. The Strip procedure entails cutting a long piece of scalp out of the back of the scalp (called the donor area) and suturing the scalp together. The suturing process can cause problems and the scar that remains is overtly aesthetically undesirable for patients who wear their hair short or who go into a pool or water to swim.
NeoGraft is least invasive method of hair restoration surgery
Automated FUE with NeoGraft is the least invasive method of hair restoration surgery since there is no excising an eight (8) inch piece of scalp and suturing it together as occurs with the STRIP method used by most doctors today. With automated FUE there is little bleeding and fewer complications. |
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Recipient Ste three (3) days Post-Op with NeoGraft |
A complication sometimes seen with the STRIP surgery is a feeling the scalp is too tight from the suturing together of the scalp. Compared to NeoGraft nerve pain or damage to major blood vessels has not been reported in the medical literature. The post operative care after NeoGraft is much easier.
Donor site three (3) days post op |
Well healed donor site six (6) days post op |
Donor site twenty-one (21) days post op |
Few Hair Surgeons Perform Automated FUE
Very few doctors offer a manual or automated FUE for hair restoration because it is more time consuming and costly. Also, many doctors are not willing to train in the FUE procedure, especially if they have a busy practice doing STRIP surgeries. In promoting automated FUE with NeoGraft we do speak judgmentally about our surgical colleagues. Rather, we view our efforts as promoting new and better surgical techniques that patients demand.
Many doctors try to discourage their patients from an FUE hair transplant by speaking of the transection rate of an FUE transplant but fail to point out that with a STRIP surgery hundreds of follicles are transected when a piece of scalp is cut out. Furthermore, follicles may be damaged when suturing the scalp together. In addition, the scalp has to be cut into small units to be given to several technicians who will then separate the follicles to prepare them for transplantation.
Ideally, the transection rate should be between 3-5 percent of hair restoration surgery. Our rates our very comparable and in some procedures the transection rate is much better. All hair restoration procedures may damage the follicles depending on the skill of the surgeons and technicians. Antagonists of FUE point out in FUE hair transplant the follicles have to be pulled, twisted and squeezed in order to extract them. Automated FUE with NeoGraft eliminates this problem because of the technology built into the NeoGraft device. With NeoGraft there is no twisting, pulling and squeezing of the follicles as NeoGraft applies just the right amount of pneumatic pressure (suction) to allow for easy removal of the hair follicle.
Over 8000 transplants have been done to date in Europe and Asia with excellent results. It is a simple procedure for men and women who want to restore their youthful appearance.
Sample NeoGraft Case
Norton Grade 5 patient received 2380 grafts by means of automated FUE with NeoGraft.
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Recpient Site Three (3) Day |
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Three (3) Months Weeks post-op |
Three (3) Months Weeks post-op |
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