Abbreviations
DFU: Double Follicular Unit graft. Graft sample containing two follicular units.
FIT: Follicular Isolation Technique. Term coined by Drs. Paul T Rose and John Cole to indicate the technique they designed for follicular unit sampling; specific type of follicular unit extraction or FUE.
FU: Follicular Unit. Group of one to fou.r hairs naturally attached together with their sebaceous glands and arrector pili muscles.
FUE: Follicular Unit Extraction. Graft sampling technique.
FUSS: Follicular Unit Strip Surgery. Sampling of follicular unit grafts in the shape a strip. The term is used by Alvi Armani to indicate the strip sampling technique used in follicular unit grafts.
Mini: Minigraft ..
Micro: Micrograft.
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MUG: Multi-Unit Graft. Graft sample containing several follicular units (two or three),
TFU: Triple Follicular Unit graft. Graft sample containing three follicular units.
Terms
Grafts
You will hear this word used often by doctors and their sales team. They will say things like “you need XYZ number of grafts”,etc. A graft is basicaUy the hair follicles surrounded by tissue and skin that will be used as donor hair. Each graft is going to have a certain number hairs in it. Hair naturally grows in groupings of two, three or four. This is Important information if you want the most natural looking results. Follicular unit transplants are the state of the an technique which implements the knowledge of these groupings for the most natural looking results. Hairs grafts are harvested from the d~nor area in these grouping and transferred to the recipient sites and placed in these natural groupings
Donor area
The donor area is the place on the head that has DHT resistant hairs that will be used for the surgery. The term “pattern baldness” is used because of the common formation of hair loss is in a pattern. In most cases the recession statts from the hairline to the crown, I’m sure you’ve seen people who have lost almost aU of their hair on the top but have full lush hair around the sides and back. That remaining hair along the side and the back are usually going to be the donor sites.
Recipient site
This is the bald or thinning area will be where the donor hair will be placed. Usually, the surgeon will begin placing grafts in the front then proceed toward the back. The crown area is usually done 78
Hair Loss
last. Bur regardless of which area is addressed first, the area that is receiving the donor hair is the recipient site.
Density
Hair density is the measurement of how much hair you have per square centimeter of scalp. 1his information is critical for you and the doctor. Your hair density determines in part, how much donor hair you have. The other pan is what level of artistry will be necessary on the doctors to deliver a natural. looking finish. This information reveals how much hair you have to fill the area that needs to be replaced, as well as how much hair wiu be needed to obtain optimum results. Many doctors use a tool developed by Dr. Robert Bernstein to measure hair density for [his procedure. The doctor may instruct or ask you 1:0 shave a very small section in order to properly measure your density.
Scalp laxity
This term describes the llexibiHty of the scalp. The surgeon needs to know how flexible your scalp is before going forward with the procedure because it’s easler to harvest the donor hair from a more flexible scalp. If you do have a right scalp, this may limit the amount of grafts that may be extracted. Another problem with having a tight scalp is that it is more difficult to dose the incision and minimize scarring. When you have high density and high scalp laxity, you can handle more grafts. Therefore, when you come in bor a consultation the doctor will check your scalp for flexibility.
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