There are two types of hair transplants : Follicular unit transplantation (FUT) and Follicular unit extraction (FUE).
Follicular unit transplantation
1)Using a scalpel, the surgeon removes a piece of your scalp, usually from the back of your head. The strip size is typically about 6 to 10 inches long but can stretch from ear to ear.
2)They close the area where the scalp was removed with stitches.
3)Your surgeon and their assistants separate the scalp strip into smaller pieces with a scalpel. They may split the piece up into as many as 2,000 smaller fragments, called grafts. Some of these grafts may contain only one hair each.
4)Using a needle or blade, the surgeon makes small holes in your scalp where hair will be transplanted.
5)The surgeon inserts hairs from the removed piece of scalp into the puncture holes. This step is called grafting.
6)They then cover the surgical sites with bandages or gauze.
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