Using Hair Transplant “Grafts” Appropriately

Many veteran hair transplant patients are familiar with the term “follicular unit grafting” and have come to know this as the today’s “Gold Standard” in surgical hair restoration.  What many don’t know however, is that a “follicular unit” falls under a particular category of “micrograft” – a term often wrongfully associated with a much less favorable and also misconstrued term “minigraft”.

Believe it or not even some of the leading hair loss doctors in the hair transplant profession today use some “minigrafts” when appropriate for the patient. But what exactly is a “minigraft”? Are they really as bad as some have perceived them to be?

Unfortunately, the terms for the various types of grafts have been misunderstood and misconstrued in our hair loss forum community for a long time.

Recently, Coalition member Dr. Ron Shapiro wrote an article to help hair loss sufferers understand the differences and appropriate use of various types of grafts.

I encourage you to read through Understanding Hair Transplant “Graft” Terminology to learn the various graft types and how they’re appropriately used. You are also encouraged to give your feedback on this hair loss forum topic discussing graft types.

Bill Seemiller
Associate Publisher/Editor

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