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Procedure - Preparing the Grafts
 Obtaining Follicular Unit grafts from the donor ellipse is done under microscopic magnification. The high magnification power and bright illumination of the stereoscopic microscope allows for direct visualisation of individual Follicular Units (FU's), and its advantages over cutting with the naked eye need no explanation. |
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First the donor strip undergoes a process of "slivering" where the technician divides the strip into small sections. It is called "slivering" because the technician has to carefully navigate around each individual follicular unit ( that grow in an irregular pattern) preserving it intact, rather than just cutting vertically into the strip. These "slivers" are then further divided into individual FU's.
Occasionally two Follicular Units are very closely spaced together (less than 0.2mm apart), in which case they form what are called Family Follicular Units. These units are kept intact and are implanted in the central portion of the scalp to provide density.
Identifying individual FU's, safely dissecting away excess tissue while maintaining the structural integrity and optimum amount of protective tissue requires great skill. At Hattingen Hair Transplantation we take great pride in the skill of our technicians, whose experience and dedication is crucial in consistently producing the ultimate and most natural grafts (that duplicate the way hair grows in nature and therefore provide the most natural restoration).
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These perfectly trimmed FU grafts require smaller recipient sites that can be placed closer together, producing denser results with faster and better healing. |
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