Hair transplant guides
Plain-language explanations of hair transplant techniques and instruments — written for clinics, surgeons and well-informed patients, with sources.
Long hair FUE (no-shave): instruments and punch lengths explained
Long-hair FUE harvests grafts without shaving or trimming the donor area, so each graft keeps its full hair shaft. It relies on a slotted, open-window punch (around 0.85–0.9 mm in published series) moving in short oscillating arcs with careful depth control, then implanters loaded with curl in mind. It is slower, staff-heavy and limits session size.
Read the guideManual vs motorised FUE: what changes for the punch
In manual FUE the surgeon's hand supplies the rotation and axial force. In motorised FUE a handpiece rotates or oscillates the punch. That changes punch choice: manual scoring usually relies on sharp edges, while motors make blunt, flat and hybrid tips practical. Diameter, depth control, wear and speed settings then matter as much as the device itself.
Read the guideHow hair transplant clinics choose their instruments
Clinics usually start from their technique mix (FUE, DHI or both), the surgeon's preferences and their patients' hair characteristics. They then compare size ranges, sharpness, sterility and packaging, supply reliability and regulatory documentation, run a structured trial, and judge cost per procedure rather than price per unit.
Read the guideSapphire blade sizes 1.1–1.7 mm: what the channel width means
The size printed on a sapphire blade is usually its width in millimetres, which sets roughly how wide a recipient channel it opens. Wider blades suit grafts with more or thicker hairs; narrower ones suit single-hair grafts. The final choice depends on graft size, insertion angle, slit orientation, density and the surgeon's own technique.
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