The follicular units are then transplanted into the patient's recipient area using current manual techniques.

Lesions are generally solitary and sporadic and may be associated with a follicular unit.

Nurses, with the aid of a powerful microscope, slice off the minute follicular units and store them in a saline solution.

The nurses then plant the individual follicular units.

The strips were then cut into smaller pieces, a process that would break up follicular units and risk additional damage to the follicles.

Thus, when the transplanted follicular units grow hair after a transplant, the overall results of the transplant will appear natural.

The same number of follicular units can be used to cover a specific size bald area regardless of the patient's actual hair density.

However, in the patient with low hair density, a compromise must be made - and this is guided by the follicular unit constant.

When combined these follicular units can total 5 to 8 hairs creating more significant results.

For some doctors, using micrografts and follicular units only is not enough.