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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Hair Specialist

Steps of FUE Hair Transplantation

FUE Hair Transplantation consists of 3 steps.

Step 1: Preparation for the operation and Graft Harvesting Hair trimming , operative clothing, drawings, local anesthesia application. Graft harvesting from donor area with the aid of micro-motor, usually takes 2-3 hours depending on graft number to be harvested.

Step 2: Recipient Site Creation

The frontal hairline is created and the regions to be implanted (such as the anterior middle or crown region) are determined.

From the area where your hair line is located, the area to be implanted is totally numbed with local anesthetic drugs.

After the calculation of the diameter and the required depth for the hair roots, the lateral slit specially prepared for your hair roots and the recipient sites ( holes) are prepared. The recipient site creation process, in which the direction and the angle of the hair, and the distribution of grafts are determined, is extremely important.

Step 3: Implantation of Grafts

Harvested grafts are implanted into the prepared holes one by one and the procedure is completed with dressing application.