Enhance thin, incomplete or absent eyebrows for a stronger look
What is a FUE Eyebrow Transplant?
Our long hair FUE (follicular unit extraction) hair transplant is a great option to enhance your eyebrows.The hairs are harvested from the back of the scalp using Dr. Harold’s long hair FUE hair transplant technique and transplanted to the eye browsOnly the finest single hairs are used and they must match as closely to the existing eyebrow hairs as possible. For example, if the patient’s eyebrow hairs are fine, we will harvest fine hairs from the scalp for the best results.We plant between 180 to 250 hairs per side, depending on the existing condition, the desired goal of the patient and the design of the new eyebrow. We use the a special set of instruments to plant the delicate grafts, creating the densest possible growth. For curly hairs, the hairs are rotated to achieve the optimum direction of growth for the most natural result.
What conditions can an Eyebrow Transplant treat?
Thin, incomplete or absent eyebrows
Why choose this treatment?
The hairs that grow are live hairs and are long lasting and natural looking. This technique does not require any cutting or stitching, so scarring is almost non-existent. Pain levels are also brought down to a minimum.
Who is suitable for a FUE Eyebrow Transplant?
This procedure is for patients who are keen to improve their eyebrow shape and density
Treatment Duration
The procedure is done under a local anaesthetic and takes about 4 hours. It is an office procedure and patients can go home to rest after the procedure.
Pain Assessment and Downtime
The downtime of an eyebrow hair transplant is about 5 days. The eyes will appear swollen for 24 hours. The swelling quickly subsides and there may be mild bruising lasting about 5 days. During this time, the redness will also resolve. As the wounds dry up, it appears as tiny crusts or fine sand on the eyebrow area. This will gradually flake off with the recovery hair spray provided. By day 5, most patients can go back to work. Some may wear black-framed glasses to camouflage any residual redness or swelling. Pain is minimal and most do not need any pain-killers. There is some pinkness of the transplanted area that may last 4 to 12 weeks, depending on individual healing variations. Eyebrow pencil or mascara may be used 3 weeks after the procedure.
What to expect
Step 1:
Injecting local anaesthetic – a mild anaesthetic is gently injected into the harvest area. Within moments, the entire donor area is numb and the extraction is completely painless. As part of our regular internal audit and patient feedback, 9 out of 10 patients report little to no pain, and not requiring any pain killers post op.
Step 2:
Follicular Extraction – Dr. Harold’s Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) technique ensures a high yield of above 95%. Unlike the older FUT or strip technique, there is no linear scar, only random micro dots. We are using the finest instruments (less than 1mm in diameter) to minimize any scarring to the harvest area. Unless hair is shaved very short, even experts struggle sometimes to see where hair was harvested from.
Step 3:
Follicle Inspection – all hair grafts are carefully checked under high-powered magnification. The hair grafts contain between 1 to 4, sometimes 5 hair follicles. The grafts are grouped according to the number of hair follicles for planting in specific areas according to Dr. Harold Ma’s preference. They are stored in special solutions at precisely regulated temperatures for better graft survival.
Step 4:
Site Making – Dr Harold Ma personally decides where the hair grafts will be planted. The angle, direction and distribution of grafts are critical to get the most natural appearance, the best possible density and the highest chance of graft survival.
Step 5:
Dr. Harold Ma “No Touch Implanting” – The harvested hair grafts are implanted skilfully (using our “no-touch” technique) into the recipient site. The “no-touch” technique is different because the hair bulbs, which is the critical factory of the hair shaft, is protected from trauma and stress typical of older methods of implantation.
Step 6:
Cleaning and bandaging of site to protect grafts for 24 hours
FAQs
The newly transplanted hairs will shed 2-4 weeks post-op and there will be a period of waiting for the new hairs to re-appear. In most cases, some of the transplanted hair will start to appear 3-5 months later
Most patients are very satisfied with their eyebrow transplant, but about 10% may request for a second eyebrow transplant 9 to 12 months later to further dense up the eyebrows or to refine the shape further.
No strenuous activity for 1 week, keep sweatin to a minimum during this critical post-op period. After 1 week, you may go back to the gym, running, yoga, etc. You may swim after 2 weeks. You may do contact sports like boxing, muay thai, rugby, etc after 1 month.
The new hair is obtained from the back of the scalp, where hair continuously grows for several years. This is different from eyebrow hairs, which usually only grows for 4 months before shedding off. As such, we always counsel our patients of the need to trim and shape their transplanted eyebrows once a week. This is considered a small price to pay for a fuller set of natural eyebrows.
Hair transplant surgery is generally considered low risk when performed skillfully
As with any surgical procedure, infection is a potential risk, though this is rare. Some patients might experience ingrown hairs. Others may undergo temporary shedding in the recipient or donor areas.
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