OC NeoGraft© Surgical Treatment

Traditional 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 surgery

Not 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.

Appearance of the scalp immediately after the removal of the strip from the back of the scalp.

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.

Strip method post-op photo. Donor site with history of multiple strip procedures

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.

Hair follicles are individually removed with NeoGraft with a 0.8mm diameter punch. The follicle from the back of the head is individually harvested and placed in the thinning area on the top of the head. The hair at the back of the head is genetically programmed to not fall out, unlike the hair at the top of the head.

The patient is awake during the procedure, and can watch T.V., listen to music or have a casual conversation with the surgeon and surgical team. It is virtually a painless procedure aside from the initial injection of local anesthesia. The procedure can be performed with or without intravenous or intra-muscular sedation.

Automated FUE with NeoGraft leaves no visible scar and eliminates the fear of people seeing a scar at the back of the scalp. As early as three (3) days postoperatively there is minimal perception that a surgical procedure has been performed unlike the Strip method where infections and wound healing complications occur with a greater frequency.

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.

Pre-Op Photo	Recpient Site Three (3) Day
Recipient site three (3) days post-op	Three (3) Months Weeks post-op
Three (3) Months Weeks post-op

 

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