Follicle Multiplication & Hair Transplants - A Comparison

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2. When a small portion of the follicle remains in the dermis, it can regenerate
a completely differentiated hair.

Re-growth in the donor area

3. Not both stem cell populations are necessary to induce normal hair growth.
Therefore we can conclude that two hairs can grow from one follicle. If a small
portion of the follicle remains in the donor area, it can regenerate a new hair,
even when the major part of the follicle has been removed. The major part, which
has been removed, will also produce a hair after being transplanted to the recipient
area. So, one hair follicle can produce two hairs. However, at times too much
follicle tissue has been removed from the donor area, so only the graft will
regenerate a new hair. Furthermore, at times insufficient follicle tissue is
removed from the donor area, resulting in only the donor area being able to
continue producing hairs. Therefore, the percentage of “multiplication”
varies for each patient.

4. The most remarkable and interesting finding is the so-called “Pili
Multigemini.” This is a phenomenon where from one follicle, two or more
follicles develop. In a normal follicle unit, two to three follicles are present.
These follicles will generate two to three normal hairs. In several subjects
we noticed that where one or two upper parts of the follicles were implanted,
not one or two hairs, but three to even five hairs regenerated. This discovery
was the basis of Hair Multiplication. The photos below show the phenomenon of
"Pili Multigemini".

Example of Pili Multigemini	Example of Pili Multigemini	Example of Pili Multigemini

Follicular Multiplication Today

At the time we did not continue to develop Follicular Multiplication because
we could only extract 40 to 50 grafts in one day and instead continued to develop
Hair Multiplication. Due to the innovation and development of new instruments
as well as of our technique, we are now able to extract 350 up to 500 grafts
in one day, depending on the condition of the skin.

Due to our Follicular Multiplication technique being new, 99.9% of doctors
are not yet familiar with this technique. They do not know what to expect and
may believe that the wound healing is the same as compared to the old technique.
In addition, we also get new information every day.

The Difference between Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Follicular
Multiplication

The difference between FUE and Follicular multiplication is that we do not extract
the whole follicular unit. In our (fundamental as well as clinical) studies
we revealed that the whole follicle is not needed to regenerate hair growth.
If a small portion of the follicle remains in the donor area, it can regenerate
a new hair, even when the major part of the follicle is removed. The major part,
which has been removed, will also produce a hair when transplanted into the
recipient area. So, one hair follicle can produce two hairs. The rate of multiplication
varies between patients, because we sometimes remove too much follicular tissue
from the donor area, so only the graft will generate a new hair. At times we
remove insufficient follicular tissue from the donor area, so only the donor
area will continue to produce hairs. These are the reasons why the percentage
of “multiplication” varies for each patient. At the moment we have
increased consistency in the multiplication rate (50 to 80%).

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