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This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability

Objectives: Before doing a hair transplantation we need to confirm the clinical diagnosis and to collect all the hair and scalp parameters which allow to select one or various adequate procedures for each individual case.

Introduction: The goal of a hair transplantation is not only immediate satisfaction of your patient but to get a precise diagnosis of this male or female androgenetic alopecia or cicatricial alopecia, and a good understanding of his baldness evolution with a follow-up after a FUE or FUT hair transplant.

Materials / method: - Digital trichoscopy (Tricholab) for a careful diagnosis of the alopecia: androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium or cicatricial alopecia
- Digital phototrichogram (Trichoscale) for a precise evaluation of hair and scalp parameters to calculate the number of hair and follicular unit available: hair and follicular unit density, hair caliber…
- Multifactorial classification for a measurement of bald and hairy areas
- Sometimes a microbiopsy for histological findings

Results: For Hair transplantation the goal is to get for each male and female candidate a precise hair transplant planning for a FUE motor punch harvesting with or without shaving or for FUT-FUL long hair strip procedure without shaving

Conclusion: The expected results depend on the donor area quality and capacity, the extent of the recipient area, the choice of the hair transplant technique, the aesthetic desire of the patient and the potential baldness evolution.
To get the best improvement with hair transplantation it is essential to handle all the procedures and to select them according to a precise individual hair and scalp check-up and an appropriate treatment plan.

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Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No

This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability

Disclosures

Did you receive any funding to support your research for this TOPIC?
No

Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No

This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability

Disclosures

Did you receive any funding to support your research for this TOPIC?
No

Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No

This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability

Objectives: Examine the capability of an all-purpose FUE device in performing long-hair FUE in Afro-haired patients.

Introduction: Afro-haired patients are classically considered more challenging follicular unit excision (FUE) cases because of the subsurface hair curliness. With this standard, conventional FUE has performed inconsistently, showing wide variations in transection rates between 14 and 80% in shaved donor procedures [1, 2]. Skin thickness and firmness have recently gained attention as another factor contributing to Afro hair FUE difficulty. [3] A recently published All-Purpose FUE device has been shown to reduce transection rates in Afro hair mainly because of its ability to navigate subsurface hair curls and

Materials / method: Patients were males of African descent who desired FUE without shaving the donor.

I utilized the all-purpose FUE device, UGraft Zeus®, with its single punch design called the Intelligent Punch® (Dr. U Devices Inc., Manhattan Beach, CA). The 18 G punch was used.

The mechanism and technique of extraction are described and reported in the video.

Results: The device enabled the extraction of good quality grafts of 2 and 3 bulky curly grafts that were long-hair-shafted 99% of the time. The horizontal graft transection rate was 3-5%. The punch's self-navigating ability, the lack of a need to position a non-existent slot to fit the long hair shaft, the device's exploitation of torque forces (UForce), and its optimal manipulation of compound oscillatory movements vastly simplified the procedure.

Conclusion: Long hair FUE in Afro patients is efficient and consistently successful with low graft transection rates using this device mainly because of its ability to navigate subsurface hair curls, adaptability to changing skin thickness and firmness, as well as its unique long hair harvesting dynamics that are not reliant on punch indents or slots.

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Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No

This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability

Disclosures

Did you receive any funding to support your research for this TOPIC?
No

Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No

This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability

Disclosures

Did you receive any funding to support your research for this TOPIC?
No

Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No

This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability