Your "hair-capital" is actually the number of hair genetically programmed to grow until the end of your life and generally located on the temples and the nape of the neck. The doctor will take some of this hair and implant it on the bald areas. Needless to say that
"hair-capital" is very precious !
Unfortunately, it is not inexhaustible and this is the reason why the number of possible hairgrafting sessions on a patient is limited. It is thus essential to make the most of the bulbs that have been taken and implant as many as possible, for once your donor area has been used up, it will stop being available for future hair donations.
A revolutionary innovation :
the stereoscopic binocular microscope.
During a session of Follicular Micrografting, a stereoscopic binocular microscope (magnifying 10 times) is used in order to split the grafts into follicular units.
Indeed, contrary to common belief, human hair does not grow hair by hair but by groups of hair. Observing it through a deeply magnifying micro-camera, one can notice that they actually grow in small packs of 1 to 3 pieces of hair. These small groups are called follicular units.
Up to now, doctors’ assistants had removed the donor hair without the use of microscopes. They risked damaging an unacceptable number of follicular units, especially since very short hair and white hair are difficult to detect with the naked eye. As a result, a great number of hair which had just started their anagen phase were simply lost or destroyed although they were actually very strong and into a stage of growth !
Thanks to the stereoscopic binocular microscope, there is no risk of wasting any follicles during the removal phase. The non-renewable hair resources of each patient – their "hair-capital" – are preserved and optimized.
It is now possible to collect
30 to 50 % extra-hair (and upto 60% on white hair) on a similar surface of the donor area.
The use of a stereoscopic binocular microscope has become totally vital in order to respect the natural hair resources of the patient. Unfortunately, very few clinics in Europe give their patients such an opportunity. Such equipment is costly and requires a large and highly qualified medical team : indeed, the cutting of small follicular units is so delicate that, for each patient, a minimum of 8 to 10 assistants are required (each with their own stereoscopic binocular microscope), not including the doctor and the anesthetist !
