Bishan Mahadevia
AcceptedAbstracts: Anaplastology
Objectives: With technology overcoming drawbacks of FUE day by day strip method with higher complication rates may not remain the first choice by doctor or patient in future is our perception Materials and methods: In over 1500 cases of our strip procedure 10% of patients have experienced complications unique to FUT such as wide linear scar, stitch infection, stitch give way, longer recovery time, delayed healing, painful scar, hypertrophied scar, sensory loss, and most patients cannot flaunt short hair style, and had at least 3 weeks restricted activity after HT. In FUT there is Loss of exogen follicles in dustbin, limitation of white hair dissection, inability of selectively removing single or multi hair grafts and there is distortion of hair direction around the strip scar as well as the hairs of trichophytic closure. Subsequent stage closure becomes more difficult. FUE patients who had strip procedure before certainly appreciate the difference well because healing period is less than a week, and are mostly pain free and can do physical activity much sooner and can show off short hair style too. FUE with minimal assault can avoid such inadequacies; FUE can use donor area more uniformly and does not distort the hairs and can transfer more hairs where needed and with less follicles and can select single or fine hairs for eye brow, hair line etc. In situations such as wide or multiple scar revision, 2nd and 3rd procedure in tight scalp, limited scalp donor, people in army or professional athlete etc. only FUE is at their rescue, moreover mega sessions up to 3000 plus grafts by FUE in one day has become reality and even FUE in unshaven head has become reality and probably cost may come down with more practitioners. Increasing understanding of BHT may provide unlimited donor in future and practically there is no contraindications of FUE which may replace FUT completely in future as the increasing demand is already showing the trend world over.
Bishan Mahadevia of Ahmedabad is a Plastic Surgeon and is into Exclusive Hair Transplant Practice for last 7 years. He was MS Gold Medalist from Gujarat University and had MCh Plastic Surgeon from Bombay University. He has taken Hair Transplant fellowship from S. Korea. He is the Member of; ISHRS, AAHRS and AHRS. He has traveled to Japan, Spain Australia, US, Brazil, Bangkok, Poland and Netherlands, Bahamas and UK in pursuit of knowledge. He has done over 1800 +HT that includes over 450 FUE procedures.
