Hair Transplant Methods and Our Partners
What is a Hair Transplant?
A hair transplant is a surgical procedure aimed at improving the appearance of hair thickness or covering bald spots by moving hair from one part of the body to another. It’s most commonly used to address male pattern baldness, but it can also benefit those who have lost hair due to various reasons such as injuries, surgery scars, or other forms of alopecia.
There are two of the Most Modern Hair Transplant Methods:
FUE Technique
FUE stands for Follicular Unit Extraction and is one of the hair transplant techniques. Local anesthesia is required when applying this method. The healthy hair follicles of the patient under local anesthesia are taken one by one. For this, micro motors with special tips are used. The hair follicles taken are placed in the hairless areas. While making this placement, the natural growing angle and direction of the hair are taken into account. This is very important for a natural look.
This technique is not a surgical intervention, that is, it does not require an operation. Therefore, it is preferred by patients who need hair transplant treatment with peace of mind, as it is easy and risk-free to technique.
The basis of this method is to take healthy hair follicles and transfer them to hairless areas. Before starting this process, the hair in the donor area from which the hair follicle will be taken is cut up to 1 mm and shortened. Thus, the donor area is prepared for the taking of hair follicles. A local anesthetic drug is used for local anesthesia. This drug is applied to the areas where hair follicles will be taken and transplanted, and these areas are anesthetized.
Each of the micro motor tips is placed in the middle of each hair strand according to the direction of the hair. The micro-tip scalp is pierced, and the hair is removed. The removed hair is taken together with its microscopic tissue so that it can be placed again. Thus, it can grow in the bald area. Micro forceps are used to pull the hair root. These forceps pull the follicular unit and easily separate it from its base. Since this method is an automatic system, the application time is very short. Moreover, in terms of unit time, the number of grafts taken per unit time is higher. In addition, this technique minimizes the risk of damage to the grafts.
In the hairless area, smaller holes are opened, and the hair follicles taken are placed in these holes. Each follicular unit consists of 2 or three follicles.
Before applying the FUE technique, patients are informed about the number of grafts to be transplanted in the preliminary examination.
DHI Technique
DHI stands for Direct Hair Implantation. This technique begins with the placement of hair follicles from donors into the implanter. At this stage, the hair follicles are placed on the implant and the hair transplantation tool is made ready for hair transplantation.
After the implanter is ready, hair transplant specialists begin to transplant hair follicles at an angle of 40 – 45 degrees. Here, experts have to continue hair transplantation by paying attention to the direction of the person’s healthy hair.
The needle (CHOI needle) that is used for hair transplantation with the DHI technique has the feature of pushing the hair follicles inside. Thanks to the pushing feature of this needle, the hair follicles are transplanted under the scalp.
This technique allows the hair follicles to remain under the skin for a long time, even permanently. Hair follicles, which remain under the skin for a long time, mature more and cause strong and healthy hair to grow outside the skin.
Since this hair transplant technique does not require surgery, it does not cause surgical scars on the scalp of the person and at the same time increases the hair density by 99% compared to other direct techniques.
Although this hair transplant technique is more expensive than other hair transplant techniques, it is a more advanced technique in terms of obtaining successful results. However, great care is essential when using the CHOI needle at the same time. Because, if the correct use of the needle is not taken care of, other natural and healthy hair follicles on the scalp may be damaged.
Here is a chart detailing the difference in procedures so that you can choose the procedure most suited for your needs.
| Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) | Direct Hair Implantation (DHI) | |
| Process | Removes individual hair follicles first to prepare in a petri dish, then transplant | More modern |
| Uses a Choi pen to punch out the hair follicle with immediately harvest and transplant without the need for storage | ||
| Scaring | Minimal scar, dots | Minimal scar, almost unnoticeable |
| Surgical Time (depends on number of hair transplanted) | About 8 hours due to one-by-one extraction | Comparable or faster than FUE |
| Inclusions | For those requiring a specific amount of hair follicles for a large area (spot treatments) | For those with sparse areas because there is a limited amount that can be transplanted in comparison to FUE. |
| Expected to return to everyday strenuous activities sooner than later | Expected to return to everyday strenuous activities sooner than later | |
| Like to wear short hair. | Like to wear short hair. | |
| Eligible for those with curly hair. | This method can not work for curly hair. | |
| Recovery time | medium | shortest |
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Dr. Sait Gokhan Bircan
Dr. Sait Gokhan Birсan is a physician who is a specialist in his field and provides safe services, combining a successful academic education with professional experience. As a result, he became a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) Association and always offered professional solutions to his patients, Dr. Sait Gokhan Birсan is known for his unique methods. His career began at the Faculty of Medicine at Istanbul University.
While Sait G. Birсan, MD, prioritizes the success of the surgery and patient satisfaction in his clinic, he also places great importance on the quality of his services in a non-clinical environment to ensure the comfort and safety of his guests arriving from around the world for treatment.
Sait Birсan, MD, keeps a close eye on the latest technology, which is one of the key reasons he has performed countless successful hair transplant surgeries with FUE, DHI methods, and long hair transplants since 2010.
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