Transection at Donor Harvesting

After the microscopic hair dissection was adapted into hair transplantation, the most transection of hair follicle occurs at donor harvesting.

In our office, we have moved from multi-blade knife to double blade now to a single blade. The transection rate was cut down but not as perfect as expected. We had a paper to mention how to harvest strips years ago. But we keep improving our method.

Currently we use a completely different approach, combined with an intruder, skin hook and blade technique. The result is amazing, even curly hair has very minimal transection.

As you can see from the photos, there are many different types of hair: Caucasian hair, Asian hair, African-American hair, wavy, curly and gray hair. All have an excellent result.

After 50 years of hair transplant technique improvement, if we use the right method, the transection during the procedure is finally reduced to minimum.

Asian Hair

Caucasian Hair

Curly Hair

Edge-Most Difficult part to avoid transection

Wavy Hair

Grey Hair-Hard to see

Curly Hair-Not only curly on hair but also curly in the tissue. Almost impossible to avoid transection.

Asian Hair

Asian Hair



Caucasian Hair

Asian hair is much coarser, lower density and thicker skin. Caucasian hair is thinner with higher density and thinner skin.For hair transplantation, the principal is the same for both hairs, but there are a few differences.

Compared to Caucasian hair, Asian hair tends to have a lot of tissue surrounding the hair, if we trim the graft too thin, it will automatically remove 10% to 15% of hair which is still in the resting phase.

Asian skin also has a tendency to bleed more; the technique of Anesthesia needs to be adjusted.
Asian hair graft is more difficult to implant due to its thicker skin, so experienced technicians is of extreme importance.

We have offices in Taiwan, Japan, and California. We are one of the most experienced clinics in the world when it comes to dealing with Asian hair transplantation!

For more detailed info, please read Chubby vs. Skinny Graft.