Asian FUE Hair Transplant : Although people of Asian descent were once thought to have far lower instances of pattern baldness than Caucasians, research has recently proven this belief false. Pattern baldness, or androgenic alopecia, is increasing amongst Asian populations for undetermined reasons. And people of Asian descent take no less pride in healthy, youthful hair than any other culture. Thus, the need to treat Asians using FUE hair transplant technology has risen.

Asian FUE Hair Transplant result by Dr U using UGraft — Asian patient before and after his Follicular Unit Extraction hairline restoration.*

ASIAN HAIR LOSS REMEDIES

From culture to culture, hair types tend to be different and have specific care regimens. Asian cultures have historically tended toward using holistic herbal remedies to restore vigor to the hair. One such remedy that has earned popularity is Ginseng.

Asian Hair Loss Treatment|Ginseng — The Ginseng root has been used for countless health remedies in Asian medicine, including hair loss

However, in many cases, the loss of hair requires more extreme measures. Different types of hair transplant can be found throughout the Orient. Japan even created a popular brand of synthetic hair for surgical implantation called NIDO (though this practice is banned in the U.S. by the FDA).

Safer and more effective long-term is the Asian-accommodating FUE hair transplant. In the hands of a reliable surgeon, no other method will bear comparable results.

Asian FUE Hair Transplant—SPECIFIC DEMANDS ON FUE HAIR TRANSPLANT

Transplanting Asian hair can be slightly tricky. Due to the fact that

Asian people naturally grow the thickest scalp follicles of all ethnic groups, their hair has a somewhat false illusion of fullness. The hair appears dense and plentiful, however, if the need for surgery arises, their fewer hairs per square centimeter poses a problem.
The hair caliber of Asians is the thickest of all racial groups. This means transplanted hairlines in Asians tends to look harsh and fake. This poses a problem. Dr U solves this problem by using advanced UGraft FUE to selectively extract finer hairs from the nape and peria-uricular areas to use in the very front of the hairline so as to give a softer natural look. Read about Dr U’s groundbreaking publication on the use of finer nape and peri-auricualr hair in creating softer more natural looking hairlines.

ADVANTAGES OF FUE HAIR TRANSPLANTATION IN ASIAN PATIENTS

FUE hair transplant is the most effective hair transplant method. This is for three main reasons:

The thick, straight follicle is the most ideal to be harvested through follicular unit extraction. This unique disposition creates lower transection rates and higher graft survival during surgery.

Asian FUE Hair Transplant, Natural looking results — Asian patient before and after FUE hair transplant procedure by Dr. U*

Results of FUE Hair Transplant in an Asian Patient from Dr U — Follicular Unit Extraction procedures need to consider ethnic differences such as the extreme thickness of Asian hair*

With follicular unit extraction, the harvesting of donor hair happens one follicular unit at a time. This means no strip of flesh is excised, which also means that the individually-harvested donors can be taken from places other than the mid-posterior scalp. This is pivotal in Asian FUE hair replacement, because the mid-posterior scalp is where hair grows thickest amongst all races. Thus, on an Asian patient, the outcome of, say, a hairline would ring crowded, harsh, and unnatural. For Asians, a hairline restoration using FUE would be able to obtain donor hair from thinner-growing areas (like the nape and behind the ears) makes for the ideal procedure.

Asian people have a high tendency to keloid during the healing process. The scalpel-free approach of follicular unit extraction helps to alleviate this risk in the case of Asian FUE hair transplant.

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