A Novel Follicular Unit Excision Device for All-Purpose Hair Graft Harvesting

    November 2021 in “ Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology ”
    Sanusi Umar, Boudine Lohlun, Tayfun Ogozuglu, Marissa J. Carter
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    TLDR The new hair graft device is faster, more efficient, and reduces damage to hair follicles.
    The document discusses a new all-purpose Follicular Unit Excision (FUE) device for hair graft harvesting. The device was tested on 100 patients and showed improved speed and efficiency in FUE, reducing the transection rate to 2.5% compared to the average 5-10% with traditional methods. The device can adapt to various patient donor variables such as hair curliness, race, and body and head hair locations, and works effectively with both short and long hair FUE. It also responds to changing skin firmness and thickness, and can correct for a 20-40 degree misalignment of the punch-hair axis. The device demonstrated success in harvesting hair follicles from various body areas and in long hair FUE. It also showed lower graft attrition rates than traditional FUE systems, even in challenging cases such as patients with very curly hair and thicker skin. The authors suggest that this device could revolutionize hair transplantation by making the process faster, more efficient, and less damaging to the hair follicles.
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