FUT surgery-donor site with suturing

Photos taken immediately after donor removal and suturing




Immediately after FUT surgery, no sign of surgery visible from donor site.

No Linear Scar, New Approaches!

You don’t like to have a linear scar at the back of your head.

FUE is not the only option anymore.

We have new approaches:

1, FUT+FUE approach
We can use FUT method to transplant as many grafts as needed (at the 50% of FUE cost ). With the Tricophytics Closure technique, it will ensure a fine scar. After 6 months if you don’t like the fine scar we can transplant 100 to 200 FUE grafts onto the scar to make the scar invisible.

2, FUT+FUT approach
First step as above but instead of using FUE graft to cover up the scar, we can cut only 2-3 cm strips to use as grafts.

3, FUT+TATOO
This approach is much easier.First step as above but use tatoo to make scar invisible.

Advantages of these approaches compare to total FUE (no linear scar from all approaches)-

1, Much better result. Grafts quality is much better to cut under microscope direct vision then blind FUE extraction.
2, No extensive shave at donor site during the surgery.
3, Leave only 100-200 small punch scars compare to thousand scars left from total FUE procedure.4, Save thousand and thousand surgery fee.

Disadvantage-You may need second minor surgery. But anyway, FUE procedure always needs more than one procedure too.

Short donor hair

Even with short hair, we can cover the donor site, but it is still visible to the naked eye. This is 3 days post op. We prefer the donor hair to be at least 3/4 inch in length. The donor site availability is limited when the hair is too short, because we prefer the hair to be long enough to cover the suture site.

Question: Do I need to come back for suture removal?

Question: Do I need to come back for suture removal?

Answer:

At NHT Medical Center we use a polyglactin 910 suture to close the donor area. I prefer using sutures to staples because they are more comfortable for the patient and result in a less noticeable scar. In addition, these absorbable sutures begin to fall off on their own 7 to 10 days after surgery as the wound heals. The patient does not have to return for suture removal saving him a trip back to the office.

This photo is of a donor incision five days after surgery. At this point you can no longer see the suture.

An article in the 1999 Journal of the Canadian Dental Association reported on the advantages of the polyglactin 910 suture compared to staples. In the survey, researchers evaluated 42 patients with scalp wounds from cosmetic surgeries. They closed half the wound with the irradiated polyglactin 910 vicryl rapide fast-absorbing suture and the other half with traditional staples. In the study of these 42 patients they found:

· No inflammatory reaction in the areas closed with the absorbable sutures compared to 1 case in the wounds closed with staples
· An average pain score of 1.82 reported by patients for the sutures compared to average pain score of 6.7 for the staples
· No patient reported suppuration, hypertrophic scarring, or alopecia with either method
· All 42 patients in the sample preferred sutures to staples