Using the follicular unit extraction technique in treatment of male androgenetic alopecia

Abstract

Background Androgenetic alopecia in male is increasing in incidence every year. And hair transplantation with hair follicle unit extraction (FUE) is becoming increasingly accepted as a suitable treatment for these male patients. Methods A retrospective study was conducted, encompassing 158 male patients with androgen alopecia, of whom were diagnosed and operated in January 2016 to December 2020 in the medical cosmetology department of The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Medical University. Demographic data and treatments characteristics were recorded and analyzed. clinical curative effect,operation related complications ,satisfaction rate and life quality score of the patients were scored and analyzed. Results After FUE hair transplantation, the hair follicle survival rate of 158 patients was more than ninety percent, in addition, more than eighty-five percent of patient hair follicle survival rate was over ninety-five percent at 12 months, the patient satisfaction rate was higher than ninety-eight percent, but the complication rate was less than six percent. Conclusion Our data show that FUE is a minimally invasive hair transplant technique that has high hair follicle survival rate and ideal hair density, which is an effective method to treat male androgen alopecia and is worthy of clinical application.