Hair Loss Treatments Edmonton

During a hair transplant procedure, hair is harvested from a donor area on the sides and back of your scalp. These donor areas are selected because they are resistant to Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which is the hormone that causes hair loss. Male pattern baldness is caused by these hormonal changes that shrink the hair follicles in the affected area until they go away completely. Naturally resistant hair follicles are located in the back and sides of the head that can be transplanted to the thinning area where they will permanently continue to grow. We offer the F.U.E. transplant method because it helps to minimize scarring and optimize the natural appearance of the hair line.

Human hair follicles consist of small bundles that contain between one and four hairs. These bundles can be harvested using Follicular Unit Excision (F.U.E.) or Follicular Unit Transplant (F.U.T.).

F.U.E. uses a surgical device that punches a small incision to harvest one graft at a time, repeated thousands of times. The grafts are harvested from a wide donor area and moved individually to the new location. This process doesn’t leave a linear scar, instead there are tiny marks at each puncture point. F.U.E. and F.U.T. growth rates are comparable.