Our Most Natural Result

People still argue all day about Strip or FUE. They forget that strip or FUE is just Part One of hair transplant - the harvesting of donor grafts. Part II is actually more important in achieving natural growth - the planting of grafts into the new sites.

Important Factors for Natural Result

Graft Survival

Obviously you need to have hair to look good. Read about graft survival.

Hairline design that stands the test of time

Low hairline may look good at the age of 24, but not 42 when it appears as a great wall of hair in front of the empty crown. Some men were even transplanted with a female hairline. All are just unnatural. Read about hairline design.

Adequate Density

Density is simply the king. Anything less than 30 FUs/sq.cm does not provide good coverage no matter what technique is used. Increase the density will give better result, 50 FU/sq.cm is better than 40 FU/sq.cm. There is always a compromise amongst desired density, areas of coverage, available donor hair, and financial budget. Read about estimation of graft.

Size of the graft

Needless to say Follicular Unit give the best result. Read about FUT.

Sensible Surgical Plan

With a limited donor supply, where to transplant is crucial. We always make sure you look good after the first one. Our philosophy is that further session is an option, not a necessity. Read about the basic principles in surgical planning.

Angle, Direction, Orientation

Making incisions in the recipient site is in fact the most important step in hair transplant. How the hole is made will determine how the hair will grow.

Realistic Expectation

The principle of hair transplant is to create an illusion of hair, not actually replacing hair. There is about 50,000 FUs over the entire scalp. A Norwood Class V patient would have lost one-third or 17,000 FUs. Transplanting 2,000 to 3,000 grafts can only improve his look to a Class III. Expecting back to be a Class I is not natural. The limitations of hair transplant must be accepted

Recipient Site Incision

The Principles of Incisions

Follow the natural pattern of existing hair.

We flow the new hair to follow and blend with the old to allow for easy styling.

Shingling effects

Baldness is the seeing of light reflected from scalp. We achieve good coverage with a lesser density by shingling, the overlapping of hairs in layers to block the light reflection.

Reduce tissue trauma

Trying to make too many big holes in a defined area will damage the scalp and jeopardize the blood vessels. We overcome this by using the finest blades.

The Many Types of Incision

Many different ways of making incision have been described. There are 4 common patterns:

The "Slanticle"

We have used all of the above methods but none achieve our expected result. With the inspiration of Dr Richard Rogers (UK), we have adopted his personal technique called "Slantical", designed to closely match the natural pattern of each individual. The result is promising.