6,002 Hairs using FUG and MUG

[Jeff Hamm]

This female patient had a strip harvest and PRP was used as the graft media for all prepared grafts. Strip was 9mm in width using two blades on a multi-blade knife handle. Majority of the grafts were multiple unit grafts (MUGs) due to area of hair loss. No single hairs were transplanted. Two and up to six hairs per unit grafts were transplanted, yielding 6,002 hairs. The recipient sites were made with custom blades ranging from 1.1 for two hair units and 2.1 for the largest MUG. Trichophytic closure with staples. Hair loss prevention is encouraged with each patient prior to any surgery.

[Davis91]

What do you mean a multi-blade knife handle? I thought those were essentially banned as bad-practice since it dissected viable grafts?

[Blake Bloxham]

Hi Graftmaker,

 

I was wondering if you could clarify a few points:

 

1. Were the grafts soaked in PRP while waiting to be implanted? Is this the media where the grafts were stored before they were implanted? Is this something new?

 

2. Is a multiblade scalpel referring to an apparatus with one handle and two blades? If so, is this something Dr. Griffin regularly uses?

 

Thanks!