Hello everyone,
I would like to some confirmation and clarification on terminology so to understand some information I was told by staff of a hair transplant clinic I’ve been researching.
Firstly, 1) is it accurate to break down the total steps of FUE into graft design, extraction, graft opening, and implanting/placing? 2) Are those the proper terms for the steps and are there other accepted and more commonly used terms for any of the steps?
Regarding the information I was told by the clinic’s staff. They told me that the doctor “does the graft extracting (scoring) and site making (where the grafts will be placed), while technicians pull the grafts after they've been scored, count them, then place them in the sites.”
3) So presumably graft extracting and scoring mean the same exact thing? Does the term “site making” mean the same exact thing as “graft opening”? What is the difference then between scoring and site making?
4) Is there a name for the step where the “technicians pull the grafts after they've been scored”? That sounds like extraction, but they say the doctor “does the graft extracting (scoring).” That makes it sound like the doctor does the scoring and the staff does the actual extracting. Does that means there are 2 steps in extraction?
So, ultimately, based on what I’ve been told, 5) who exactly does what? And does how they’ve described the role assignment align with good hair transplant procedure?
I know from some online comments that some people prefer for the doctor to do all the steps, but it appears only an extreme minority of practices do that. I see some opinions saying that it is most important for the doctor to do the extraction and graft scoring for the implantation, but then it’s common and fine for techs to do the implantation, with Hassan & Wong being cited as a highly regarded practice that does just that.
Thank you for any help on clarifying a lot of this confusion.