What is a Hair Transplant?
A hair transplant is a precise surgical procedure that transplants healthy hair follicles from fuller areas of your scalp to sections affected by balding or thinning. The transplanted hair maintains the characteristics of the original follicles, continuing to grow naturally in its new location.
During the procedure, your surgeon will carefully extract donor grafts and artistically implant them into tiny incisions in the balding area. This process allows you to achieve natural-looking, permanent hair growth.
The Benefits of a Hair Transplant
Hair transplants offer unique advantages over non-surgical hair loss treatments:
- Permanently restores natural hair growth, not just temporary cosmetic coverage.
- Long-lasting solution that provides permanent hair regeneration.
- Enhances confidence, vitality and quality of life.
- Completely natural-looking results blend seamlessly with your existing hair.
- Customizable density and hairline shape based on your aesthetic goals.
- Minimal maintenance required after the transplant procedure.
- The freedom to style your new hair however you choose.
FUT Hair Transplants: The Gold Standard Technique
The traditional strip harvesting technique, also known as follicular unit transplantation (FUT), has helped countless individuals restore their hair over decades.
During FUT, a thin strip of hair-bearing scalp is removed from the donor area. The follicles in this strip are meticulously dissected and then transplanted into the recipient area.
Benefits of FUT hair transplants include:
- Capability to transplant a large number of hair grafts in one session.
- Leaves only a fine linear scar easily concealed by surrounding hair.
- Lower cost compared to FUE procedures.
FUE: The Advanced Follicular Unit Extraction Method
Follicular unit extraction (FUE) offers a minimally invasive option utilizing advanced tools to extract grafts. Instead of a linear donor strip, individual hair follicles are extracted directly from the scalp using a micropunch.
At MAXIM, we use the precision European WAW FUE System for outstanding accuracy and control.
Advantages of FUE include:
- Extracts individual follicles for meticulously natural results.
- Leaves tiny dot scars instead of a linear scar, ideal for short hair.
- Enables harvesting from the beard, chest and other areas if scalp donor supply is scarce.
- Faster recovery with minimal downtime in most cases.
