FUE Eyebrow Transplant Procedure Through Photos

Yesterday our very own Marie underwent an FUE Eyebrow Transplant. The procedure as a whole lasted approximately four to five hours and Marie was able to continue with her day once the treatment was completed.

We were lucky enough to be there and take photographs of the meticulous procedure.

Before commencing the procedure  Marie’s desired brow shape is drawn on the brow to use as a map for the transplantation.   

Once Marie is comfortable a fine stretch of hair at the base of the head is found to use as the Donor Area. Normally for eyebrow transplants the donor hair will be taken from behind the ears – as this is the finest area of hair. However, as Marie naturally has fine hair a small stretch at the base of her head is used.

The surgeon ensures that the donor area is inconspicuous so as not to be noticeable post-treatment. The small stretch of hair is then trimmed back with scissors ready to start removing the healthy hair follicles.

Local anaesthetic is then injected into the Donor area. A vibration device and ice are used to make this process more comfortable for Marie. As soon as Marie is certain she can no longer feel anything within the donor area – the extraction begins.

These two punches are 0.3mm thick. The bronze-ended punch on the left-hand side is sharp. This is used to make the first incision into the healthy singular follicle needed for Marie’s eyebrows. The second punch on the right is blunt and is used to ‘punch’ or widen the area around the hair follicle to remove the whole healthy follicle.

It’s important for the surgeon to first determine the angulation of Marie’s Hair. Unlike Asian or Caucasian hair follicles Afro-Carribbean hair follicles have unique features in which a lot are curly. When making the incision with the punches the surgeon needs to take into consideration how the hair follicle curls to excise it as a whole.

Two punches have been used – the first to localise the healthy follicle and the second the cut around it for easy excision – and the whole hair follicle has been removed, along with surrounding fat tissue.

A healthy follicle contains the growth of two hairs – our experienced technicians will then proceed to divide these ready for the implant into her eyebrow area.

This entire process is repeated until enough hair is taken to give the desired results Marie is after.

The next stage of the procedure is to get Marie ready for the actual transplant treatment. As we saw earlier: a design of the particular shape Marie desires is drawn around the eyebrow area. This is injected with local anaesthetic. The surgeon then proceeds to inject the new follicles into the area one by one. As mentioned earlier because some of the hair follicles curl the surgeon is very precise and takes special care when she inserts each hair follicle to ensure the curl is in the right direction for the rest of her eyebrow.

Straight after the treatment, we can see Marie’s eyebrows are perfectly shaped and complete! There is little redness and Marie is still very comfortable – albeit a little tired.

Just an hour after her treatment the redness has subsided and Marie is ready to continue with her day – very pleased with her results!