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    Hair transplant abroad - What’s the difference between hairs and grafts?

    Updated November 28, 2018
    ClinicHunter Ltd
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    Hair transplant abroad that is the procedure for both man and woman at any age. To receive final price and personal details regarding FUE in Poland patient should send some pictures of the head. Doctor require pictures of the back of the head, in front of the head, crown area, all recipient and donor areas. Your specialist, in our clinic MD Artur Sandelewski always sends information how much grafts patients needs. We have many questions, what is graft, how many hair Hair transplant surgeries will provide me with? Hope this article will make it easier for you to understand the difference between graft and unit of hair.

    What is a graft?

    There is no answer to that question because each patient is different. Typically one graft contains hair in groups of 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s. While Follicular Unit Extraction, known as FUE doctor collects 3-4 hair into one graft. The procedure is performed under local anesthesia. For average hair transplant Poland, which covers 1500 – 2000 grafts, surgery time is 8 hours. While surgery MD Artur Sandelewski – hair transplant specialist, uses tiny punches  (0.6mm and 1.0mm) to collects grafts. Due to extra small punches, the scarring after FUE Poland are invisible or might be seen under zoom. The final part of FUE abroad includes putting grafts from donor area to recipient area. Specialists say that 90% of transplanted grafts will grow.

    How many hairs are in a follicular unit graft?

    Typically there is 3 -4 unit of hair in one graft. The final quantity of grafts of hairs cannot be counted, as there are too many grafts and units of hair transplanted. Certain amounts might be given only in the case providing the patient with 10 grafts, so the surgeon may easily count new hair quantity.  In case patient wants to know how much new hairs are transplanted, the patient should count the quantity of grafts x 3 or 4. In case the patient has hair transplant procedure with 1500 grats it means that surgeon provided him with 6000 new hair units. Sound better, doesn’t it?

    How many grafts do I need?

    Do you know some interesting fact of Hair transplant procedure?  Each patient, both males or females, has 90 to 100 follicular units of hair per square cm. The average patient has around 6000 grafts available his donor area to perform FUE Poland. The average size of the balding area is around 200 square cm. As you can see each fact shows average numbers, as there is no one good answer as each patient is different. What is more, to determine how many grafts patient needs hair transplant surgeon needs to know patients expectations. Some would like to cover only crown area, others only hairline, others want to cover both of them. To get personal answer each patient should send good quality pictures do MD Artur Sandelewski, which will advice how many grafts patient needs, will describe and explain surgery details and will present final costs.

    Beauty Poland offers best standard and effects at reasonable prices. Our prices for one graft starts from 8 PLN / 1.8 GBP. That is the all-inclusive price. There would be any other fees in hospital. Surgery might take place in Warsaw, Katowice, or Bielsko Biała. In every location Beauty Poland will cover accommodation and transport in Poland. To receive more detail ask our consultant about Hair Transplant Poland All Inclusive Package.

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