Q: I am considering having an FUE procedure and have heard the phrases topping, capping, and tethering as part of the procedure. What do all these terms mean? A: These are all terms that refer to the types of injury that can occur to grafts during a follicular unit extraction procedure. In FUE, a sharp [...]
What is Follicular Unit Extraction and What Other Terms are Associated with the Procedure?
November 6th, 2006
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Topic: Follicular Unit Extraction
Tags: Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration, Buried Grafts, Capping, Donor Strip, Epidermis, Follicular Unit, Follicular Unit Extraction, Forceps, Hair Transplant Instruments, Injury, Micro-grafts, Shredding, Tethering, Topping, Transection, Upper Dermis
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 9:23 am
After Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplant, Why Pimples and Redness?
July 21st, 2006Q: I had a hair transplant of over 600 grafts using Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) to my frontal hairline and the frontal part of my scalp. The procedure was done less than a year ago by another doctor. Since then I have had persistent pimples and redness in the area that the grafts were placed. [...]
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Topic: Follicular Unit Extraction
Tags: Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration, Blunt Dissection, Buried Grafts, Buried Hair Fragments, Eyebrow Transplant, Follicular Unit Extraction, Folliculitis, Hairline, Instrumentation for Three-Step FUE, One-hair Follicular Unit, Pimples, Redness, Stereo-microscope, Strip Harvesting, Three-step Follicular Unit Extraction Method, Transection, Two-step Follicular Unit Extraction Method
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 8:03 am
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