Growth Rate of Body Hair Obtained by FUE and the Benefits of Acell

Scalp donor area is the ideal source of hair for transplantation in Androgenic Alopecia. Unfortunately, the scalp donor area is limited in all individuals. For this reason, the availability of alternative sources of donor area is desirable. One source is body hair. Unfortunately, the yields and coverage potential of body hair are often unpredictable and often produce results that are not ideal. Therefore, it is potentially beneficial for us to identify means to improve the survival rate and coverage value of body hair. One potential way to improve coverage of body hair is through the application of Acell, an extracellular matrix.

I compared the yield from beard hair transplanted to a donor area strip scar pretreated with Acell to the yield of chest hair transplanted to a donor area strip scar that was not pretreated with Acell. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the yield of two different sources of hair and to see if Acell offered any potential increase in the survival rate of body hair.

Findings: The use of Acell resulted in a 92% yield for beard hair in the donor area scar at 6 months. The absence of Acell resulted in a 0% yield for chest hair in the donor area scar at 6 months.
Methods:

FUT vs. FUE Hair Transplant

FUE allows for the harvesting of hair all over the permanent zone. This allows for potentially more hair than one may achieve from strip surgery especially if strip surgery is limited to a single strip scar. The disadvantage to FUE is that you will thin out the donor area. This should be carried out in a manner such that the area is equally thinned out. Also FUE is not a completely scarless procedure. In some individuals white spots may occur at the extraction sites. Overall these white spots are considerably less noticeable than the strip scar.

Strips result in distortion of hair growth angles. Properly performed FUE does not distort the direction of hair growth angles. FUE is a far better procedure that is in the hands of the physician. Conversely, strip surgery yields fewer hairs per graft and the graft dissection is in the hands of the surgery technicians with varied degrees of skill and no medical license to practice medicine.

FUE is a far more advanced procedure with greater potential to the patient. Patients have the capacity to receive more hair from fewer grafts. This results in better results from fewer grafts. The transection rate from FUE is better than with strip surgery in nearly 100% of the cases.

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