Here at Virginia Surgical Hair Clinic, we use the latest hair transplant surgery techniques: follicular unit transplantation. With follicular unit hair implantation the donor hair is harvested by excising a narrow strip of scalp from the donor area -- an area at the back of the head that is resistant to baldness. Each follicular unit in the donor strip contains 1 to 4 hairs (grafts). Follicular unit transplantation is extremely efficient because 1 or 2 thousand hair grafts can be obtained from one donor strip. While in theory follicular unit hair implantation is very simple, its implementation requires scrupulous micro-surgical skills, attention to detail, and artistry.

More On Graft Production

Hair in the scalp grows in small family groupings know as follicular units, which contain between one and 5 hairs each. It is important the integrity of these groupings remain undisturbed in the dissection process.

Two-Stage Process

The producing of follicular unit grafts from the donor scalp needs a two-stage process of first slivering the ellipse into very fine scalp sections and then dissection of the follicular units from these slivers.

Both stages of this process are accomplished by the usage of the stereoscopic dissecting microscope. The use of these technically advanced microscopes has reduced transection of hair follicles to the extent that we currently have a 30% increase in yield from our donor strip. The cause of this is that we are now in a position to at once visualise the scalp we are dissecting under high magnification, rather than simply cutting blindly through the donor strip as seen in older hair transplant techniques.

Virginia Surgical Hair Center's proven hair restoration technique delivers one of the most natural looking results in the industry. We offer world-class experience, innovation, and artistry which is why its easy to see why Virginia Surgical Center continues to set the gold standard for the industry.