Hair Transplant for HIV Patients

How Does Hair Transplant Surgery Work for an HIV Patient?

The surgical hair restoration process is the same whether a patient has HIV or not. Hair is harvested from the donor area by using one of two methods (FUE or FUSS) and are then implanted into tiny recipient sites made by the surgeon in the balding areas. Hair restoration clinics always use a fresh set of equipment, hand pieces, drillers and machines which are immediately discarded after the procedure. The surgeon and their staff always wear the necessary protective gear which includes a surgical mask and gloves. Therefore, everyone is protected during the procedure as the necessary precautions are always made regardless of whether or not a patient has HIV.

Sapphire FUE Hair Transplant

As the name suggests, Sapphire fue tool uses blades made of sapphire, which is a durable, valuable gemstone. The tool comes with sapphire blades instead of regular steel blades to make incisions for hair transplant procedure.
During hair transplant operation, many channels are incised at the recipient zone. Opening the channels following the sapphire method is very effective. As sapphire is more durable than steel, the whole process becomes easier. Therefore, it can be said that material used to make the hair transplant tool has a great importance on the success rate of operations.

Sapphire tool has a V shaped pin, while regular tools have pin that are made of steel. Having a V shaped pin helps the sapphire tool to make more accurate incisions that helps opened channels be smaller. This reduces the probability of damages on neighbor follicles and scarring. Therefore, sapphire fue hair transplant is an ideal method for both men and women suffering from recent hair loss since the hair density is considered to be high.

DHI Hair Transplant

Hair transplantation in Turkey is a field that keeps improving every other day. Direct Hair Transplantation is considered as the newest method, while some remain suspicious and doesn’t consider it as a recognized method in the field. This is a topic that is open to debate, yet in this article our aim is to remain objective.

FUE hair transplant method follows the extraction of the grafts and the implanting of them, i.e. creation of the recipient area and implantation processes are done as different steps, on the other hand, these processes are done simultaneously in DHI method. Furthermore, this technique doesn’t require surgeons to create channel incisions in the donor hair area with implanter (choi) pen, because hair follicles are extracted and implanted directly. Therefore, the DHI hair transplant is also called the Choi method.

DHI technique, on the other hand, can be described as a technique in which implanting is done individually. Unlike the strip cutting technique, there is no incision made in the DHI technique. A very thin needle creates round, natural channels mimicking the appearance of natural hair roots. Thanks to the special needles, grafts can be placed at desired intervals one after another at more frequent intervals.