Treatment

In order to have a successful treatment, we kindly ask you to respect the preoperative guidelines shown in the video. It gives you all you need to know on medication and vitamins, the use of alcohol and smoking, what to wear, the surgery time etc. Also, are you driving yourself or do you need a taxi which we can book for you in advance? Besides that, we like to help you with where you are planning to stay. Hasselt offers a wide range of hotels and b&b's. And if you're looking for a more private place, the guesthouse of Dr. Feriduni is located in a calm area near the clinic. 

We hope you had a good night. Have a light breakfast and please arrive in time at the clinic  (7.30 AM or 8.30 AM). You can drive yourself or ask for a taxir to pick you up. On the day of the treatment, the taxi costs are included if you are staying in Hasselt. Please confirm if you would like to have us arrange you a taxi a few days before your treatment.

The operation is usually done under local sedation, with a patient generally being given Midazolam as a sedative. This has an effect similar to that of valium. The donor area is also numbed by a local anaesthetic prior to extraction. The doctor and at least 2 - 3 medical assistants are present throughout the operation. Individual FUs are painlessly extracted using a micro-needle. Extraction is performed intermittently, i.e. hair-root groups are extracted for a period of 1 - 2 hours, immediately after which the implant incisions are made. Implanting takes 1 - 2 hours. This extraction / implantation procedure is then repeated.

The area where the implant incisions for the individual FUs are made is also locally anaesthetised, allowing the incisions to be made painlessly. The incisions in the recipient area are made using tiny slit needles, also known as blades. These custom-made blades can be perfectly adapted to the respective size of the patient's FUs. Customized blades are usually 0.6 - 1.0 mm wide. Nearly all incisions are made before implantation (Premade Incision Technique). This part of the operation takes about 2 hours. Dependent on the duration and scope of the treatment, a break is now taken. This can be used for relaxation or having lunch. Again dependent on the method used and its duration, implantation may follow immediately afterwards. This takes 1 - 2 hours and is performed by medical assistants and the doctor. Any major FUE involving the transplantation of a large number of hairs continues after the break with the next bout of extraction and implantation. This iFUE technique (intermittent FU extraction), in which the extracted FUs are implanted immediately afterwards, can be repeated up to three times.

The following part of the treatment is extremely important, and involves the use of the so-called Stick-and-Place technique. This is used to optimise the result, making the transplant look as natural as possible. This fine-tuning, which involves making additional incisions and directly implanting single FUs in certain areas, is of major importance for the end result, and in particular the shaping of the hairline.