Can transection for FUE occur in native follicles in a recipient area?

[Searching4truth]

Hi,

I hope all is well.

I have been reading about transection rates recently.

Can transection in transplants affect native hair follicles in the recipient area?

Thanks in advance!

[TheGreatPretender]

If the surgeon inst carefull during the implantation proccess when placing the folicle near the native hairs it may cause permanent shock loss. This is usually a concearn for diffuse thinners that have their thinning distributed throughout the scalp. 

[Turkhair]

Of course

[Rahal Hair Transplant]

@Searching4truth,

i’m a little unclear about what you’re asking.  Transection could occur at two potential places during an FUE hair transplant procedure.

The first one would be when the follicles are being harvested from the donor area during extraction.  if a surgeon isn’t careful and or is inexperienced, irreparable damage could occur to the follicles being harvests and 

The second time could be while the surgeon is making tiny incisions in the recipient area.  If done incorrectly, natural hair follicles should be transected by the blade entering into the scalp in preparation for the transplanted hair. Clearly, this would be highly undesirable as you would simply be exchanging natural hair for transplanted hairs as the natural hairs would be permanently shocked, due to trauma.

I’ll keep in mind that trauma to the scalp occurs during her transplant surgery just because it’s surgery. But on necessary trauma occurs if a surgeon does something wrong, uses inferior, or outdated tools, or techniques, etc. 

I hope this helps.

Rahal Hair Transplant

[Searching4truth]

I understand if both native and transplanted follicles were transected, could healthier follicles survive if they were later re-transplanted in these areas?