Is the Trichophytic Closure Technique Valuable?

What if anything is the value of  the [tag]trichophytic closure[/tag] technique in [tag]hair transplant[/tag] surgery?    

Thank you for your inquiry.

I personally feel that the [tag]trichophytic closure technique[/tag] is valuable for a number of reasons.   Its purpose is simple: which is not to eliminate but  better conceal the  [tag]donor scar[/tag] in hair transplantation.  

Using the trichophytic closure technique, the [tag]hair restoration[/tag] physician overlaps one side of the wound over the other so the hair that has not been extracted can grow through it.

The question of how valuable is  this technique is  however dependent on the answer to this question.   Could more follicular unit grafts be extracted if this closure technique was avoided?   Logicly it makes sense since it takes extra [tag]donor laxity[/tag] to close the wound that could have been used to take more [tag]follicular unit grafts[/tag].    

So what  is the tradeoff?    Avoiding the tricophytic closure technique could potentially make the scar  a bit more evident at shorter hair lengths while potentially extracting a slightly greater number of grafts.   On the flip side, using the trichophytic closure technique could potentially conceal the donor scar more readily while still maximizing the number of follicular unit grafts extracted.  

Another issue is direction of hair growth through the scar using the trichophytic technique.      From what I’ve read and seen, this technique seem to be optimal for  a “virgin” scalp whereas with each subsequent procedure it is harder to keep the direction of the hair growing through the scar consistent with the rest of the scalp.      

It is my conclusion therefore from what I’ve seen that the majority of the hair restoration physicians  that swear by this technique feel that the number of grafts will not be sacrificed while yet others believe this technique is useless.  

Bill
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