Dermatology Times Reports on UGraft Hair Transplant Work
The Dermatology Times features the distinctive practices of widely respected hair transplant expert, Dr. Sanusi Umar. Using his developments in follicular unit extraction (FUE), he can construct a gradual, natural-looking hairline with leg hair supplying the donor grafts.
Dr. Umar practices FUE exclusively and has worked for nearly a decade to develop an excision device that would be able to harvest outside the mid-occipital donor area with maximum accuracy and minimal risk. The outcome is his one-of-a-kind uGraft Harvester, recognized by the Dermatology Times Reports on UGraft Hair Transplant Work. It was described in The Dermatology Times as, “a rotary tool mounted with modified hypodermic needles and special tips that allow for customized follicular unit extraction.” The groundbreaking uGraft makes body hair excision achievable without damaging the follicles or harming the area, regardless of the angulation of hair growth.
Leg hair matches the texture of hair that grows naturally at the hairline. Thus, hairline refinement sees remarkable improvement, owed to this viable new donor area. This development makes hair transplant with uGraft effectively untraceable. A completely bald hairline can be reconstructed to look totally natural. And as for the donor zone, Dr. Umar methodically excises the hair in a dispersed pattern to avoid any bald patches—any scarring or other tells of surgery are undetectable.
With regard to design, leg hair is clearly the best choice for hairline refinement, but it is also convenient for hair loss sufferers whose scalp donor hair is depleted. For these cases, the uGraft can use leg hair (and other body hair) to account for the severity of extreme hair loss, which would be impossible to restore by any other means.
Dr. Umar has performed UGraft FUE using leg hair on 10 patients, one of which was a woman. With a growth rate of 75 to 80 percent, each patient saw a remarkable improvement along the hairline within nine months after surgery. “My patients are extremely happy with the aesthetic outcome of the procedure,” Dr. Umar said. This article in The Dermatology Times follows a similar article on Dr. Umar’s innovative approach to hair transplant published in the February publication of The Archives of Dermatology.