Sabine-Prohairclinic
FUE hair transplantation - SMP
Attached you can find a picture that shows the difference in punches that we used in the past.
The left punch is a 1 mm punch, inside diameter and was used only for about 4 months during training back in 2004 and early 2005. The wall is made out of stainless steel.
A lot of beginning FUE surgeons used this type of punch back in 2002-2005.
In fact this is the same punch that was used by dr. Jones dr. Bart s procedure.
This punch comes with 2 disadvantages:
- the outer diameter is 1,7 mm, due to the thick wall of stainless steel. In some patient it produced unacceptable white dot scarring
- The inner wall was not very smooth and in some cases this could lead to burying grafts under the skin ¦ irretrievable!
The middle punch is a 0,80 mm and the right one is a 0,75 mm (inside diameter). These needles are fitted into a needle holder (not shown).
As you can see the tips of the needles are gold color. This is because the wall is coated with titanium. This metal makes a much smoother and thinner wall. The outside diameter of a 0,80 mm titanium punch is 1 mm.
At Prohairclinic our patients are mostly white Caucasians coming from Western Europe. We find that the ideal punch size for most of our patients is 0,75 to 0,80 mm. This is large enough to fit up to 4 hair grafts. Other FUE surgeons that operate from Northern Europe report that their patients, mostly blond, have finer hair calibre which allows them to use smaller punches.
Sharpness.
Depending on skin type a sharp or dull(er) punch will be used. For example the mushy skin types require the use of sharp punches. Using a dull punch on this type of skin would push the skin instead of perforating it, causing a shift of the underlying skin.
The surgeon has an array of sharp to dull punches available at the start of the procedure and will make a selection according to his assessment.
The punches we use are available to everyone, no patents, no magic, no frills.
The left punch is a 1 mm punch, inside diameter and was used only for about 4 months during training back in 2004 and early 2005. The wall is made out of stainless steel.
A lot of beginning FUE surgeons used this type of punch back in 2002-2005.
In fact this is the same punch that was used by dr. Jones dr. Bart s procedure.
This punch comes with 2 disadvantages:
- the outer diameter is 1,7 mm, due to the thick wall of stainless steel. In some patient it produced unacceptable white dot scarring
- The inner wall was not very smooth and in some cases this could lead to burying grafts under the skin ¦ irretrievable!
The middle punch is a 0,80 mm and the right one is a 0,75 mm (inside diameter). These needles are fitted into a needle holder (not shown).
As you can see the tips of the needles are gold color. This is because the wall is coated with titanium. This metal makes a much smoother and thinner wall. The outside diameter of a 0,80 mm titanium punch is 1 mm.
At Prohairclinic our patients are mostly white Caucasians coming from Western Europe. We find that the ideal punch size for most of our patients is 0,75 to 0,80 mm. This is large enough to fit up to 4 hair grafts. Other FUE surgeons that operate from Northern Europe report that their patients, mostly blond, have finer hair calibre which allows them to use smaller punches.
Sharpness.
Depending on skin type a sharp or dull(er) punch will be used. For example the mushy skin types require the use of sharp punches. Using a dull punch on this type of skin would push the skin instead of perforating it, causing a shift of the underlying skin.
The surgeon has an array of sharp to dull punches available at the start of the procedure and will make a selection according to his assessment.
The punches we use are available to everyone, no patents, no magic, no frills.