Strip excision known as hair follicular unit transplantation (FUT) became popular in the 1980s and remained the dominant hair restoration option for the decades that followed.
This method, in which a strip of scalp is surgically removed from the donor area and then cut into individual grafts that can be placed in the balding areas, is still used today.
1990s: Hair Transplantation to a Safe Donor Area
In the 1990s, Walter P. Unger, M.D.discovered the "Safe Donor Zone", an area at the back of the head and partially on the sides of the head.
Here you will find the most durable, resistant to hair loss. This area is used today in both the strip method and FUE treatments.
2000s: Huge Leap Forward in Follicular Unit Extraction
Since the invention of follicular unit extraction or FUE in 2003, it has been possible to transplant single hair follicles with thousands of extractions and pin insertions.
It is virtually impossible to recognize a well-performed FUE hair transplant where individual hair grafts have been skillfully placed to create a new hairline and fill in the crown.
2020 and beyond?
Although the current techniques, especially the FUE/NeoGraft method, are extremely advanced compared to the early days of hair transplant technology, we are confident that we will see further advances in the years to come. For example, scientists are studying stem cells in hair follicles to see if hair can be replicated or cloned.
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