Bradley Wolf MD
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What is FUE?
The follicular unit of the adult human scalp consists of 1-4 terminal (full thickness) hair follicles. Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is a technique that involves using a small punch to extract follicular units from a patient’s donor area. Extreme care must be taken not to transect or sever the underlying hair follicle. In addition to the full terminal hairs, follicular units contain 1-2 fine vellus hairs, sebaceous (oil) glands, a small muscle, tiny nerves, and blood vessels, and a fine band of collagen that surrounds the unit (the perifolliculum). The follicular unit is thus the hair-bearing structure of the skin and should be kept intact to ensure maximum growth.
This short video demonstrates FUE scoring with a manual punch.
This short video demonstrates the graft/follicular unit removal.
The follicular unit of the adult human scalp consists of 1-4 terminal (full thickness) hair follicles. Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is a technique that involves using a small punch to extract follicular units from a patient’s donor area. Extreme care must be taken not to transect or sever the underlying hair follicle. In addition to the full terminal hairs, follicular units contain 1-2 fine vellus hairs, sebaceous (oil) glands, a small muscle, tiny nerves, and blood vessels, and a fine band of collagen that surrounds the unit (the perifolliculum). The follicular unit is thus the hair-bearing structure of the skin and should be kept intact to ensure maximum growth.
This short video demonstrates FUE scoring with a manual punch.
This short video demonstrates the graft/follicular unit removal.
