| abstract |
A method and apparatus for extracting follicular units from a donor region of a patient is disclosed. The method involves cutting the outer skin layer using a sharp punch and then inserting a blunt punch into the incision to separate the hair follicles from the surrounding tissue and fat layer. This method and apparatus significantly reduces the amount of hair follicle transection and increases the extraction rate of hair follicle units.n n n n Hair follicle, hair follicle unit, hair follicle unit plug, fat layer, dermis layer, epidermal layer, incision punch |