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July 27-28, 2017 Vancouver, Canada
Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery
2nd International Conference on
Volume 3, Issue 2 (Suppl) J Aesthet Reconstr Surg, an open access journal
ISSN:2472-1905 Plastic Aesthetic Surgery 2017
July 27-28, 2017
J Aesthet Reconstr Surg. 2017, 3:2
DOI: 10.4172/2472-1905-C1-003
Follicular unit transplant (FUT) versus follicular unit extraction (FUE)- A comparative study from
patient’s and surgeon’s perspective
Piyush Sharma
Chongqing Medical University, China
Background: Hair transplantation has evolved from Punch Hair Transplant by Dr. Orentreich in 1950s to Follicular Unit Hair
Transplant (FUT) of 1990s and the very recent Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) technique. For today FUT and FUE both are
the modern methods of hair transplantation with amazing results and minimal complications. Both techniques are described
and compared in this literature based on patient’s and surgeon’s experience.
Method: In this case report, we performed 38 hair transplants both with FUT and FUE 19 each in last 14 months. We gathered
data based on a face-to-face questionnaire with 38 patients and 4 surgeons as per their opinion and experience about the
procedure. In this literature, we will also discuss both techniques, limitations, indications and contraindications.
Results: The ease and comfort experienced by the patient who underwent FUE was better than with FUT; however the surgeons
preferred FUT over FUE.
Conclusion: There is no standard technique which could be considered gold standard, it rather depends on case selection and
skills and experience of surgeons, for mild to moderate hair loss. FUE is the future for extensive hair loss. FUT or FUT with
FUE is preferred.
Bedsore revitalization by- laser therapy (low level laser: LED -Ga-Al-As, 660 nm)
Mohammad Nazrul Islam
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh
Background: In 1967 a few years after the first working laser was invented, Endre Mester in Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary
wanted to find out if laser might cause cancer. He took some mice, shaved the hair off their backs, divided them into two groups and
gave a laser treatment with a low powered ruby laser to one group. They did not get cancer and to his surprise the hair on the treated
group grew back more quickly than the untreated group. That was how "laser bio-stimulation" effects were discovered.
Purpose of the Work: The effects of pulsed monochromatic light, with fixed pulsations and wavelengths, on the healing of pressure
ulcers were evaluated in this prospective, randomized and controlled study.
Method: A placebo-controlled, double-blind study using low level laser therapy (LLLT) was performed in 10 patients with bedsore on
the back. Treatment was given three times a week for 10 weeks, using monochromatic (red) optical sources; diode 660 nm (Ga-Al-660).
The patients who were randomized to placebo treatment received sham therapy from an identical-appearing light source from the same
delivery system.
Results: Ten patients with bedsore were randomized to receive LLLT or placebo therapy. After the study, the percentage of the initial
ulcer area remaining unhealed in the LLLT and placebo groups was 24.4% and 84.7%, respectively (P=0.0008). The decrease in ulcer
area (compared to baseline) observed in the LLLT and placebo groups was 193.0 mm2 and 14.7 mm2, respectively (P=0.0002). One
patient dropped out of the study, complaining of lack of treatment efficacy; he was found to be randomized to the placebo group. There
were no adverse effects.
Conclusions: In this placebo-controlled, double-blind study LLLT was an effective modality for the treatment of bedsore which were
resistant to conventional medical management. The results are encouraging as pulsed monochromatic light increased healing rate and
shortened healing time. This will positively affect the quality of life in elderly patients with pressure ulcers.