Camouflage procedure has been
introduced to the covering up of unsightly hair grafts with a natural look, so
it is also known as the best hair transplant repair procedure. The camouflage
technique can be used alone, or in combination with other techniques to repair,
such as hair graft excision. The camouflage can be used as a separate technique
if the transplanted hair grafts to be camouflaged are located too far from
hairline. If the transplanted hair grafts have not located in a proper
direction or not too large, then this method is used to repair the damage of
the hair transplant surgery. If hair grafts need to be removed, it is best to
do a camouflage method as the final step.
Although most hair grafts that
require to be camouflaged were transplanted by using the old technique called
“plug”. In the old plug technique, almost all hair grafts that are extremely
larger than naturally-occurring FU (of 1-4 hairs) will require to be
camouflaged to get the most natural hair transplanted results. However, besides
plugs technique, hair grafts that caused numerous cosmetic problems include:
mini grafts, slit grafts and punch grafts. It is significant to understand that
if any transplanted small hair grafts have been placed in the wrong position or
at improper angles will look definitely unnatural and must be corrected by the
expert surgeon. It is vital to remember that camouflage alone can hardly ever
correct hair grafts that are in the wrong position or pointing in the incorrect
direction. That’s why all these hair grafts must invariably be removed.
Different camouflage procedures
In the earlier time period, the
camouflage technique had been performed by using either micro-grafts or small
mini-grafts. But, with the latest development in the FUT and FUE procedures, all
camouflage techniques should now be performed by using only an individual FUE to
get the best cosmetic results. When the surgeon uses the natural follicular
units for camouflage procedure, single-hair units are transplanted at the front
side of the hairline, and mostly 2 or 3 hair units are located behind them.
These specific 2- and 3-hair follicular units are specially placed right after
the larger hair grafts and between them just to fill the extra gaps created
with the old technique. The area of the unnatural hair transplant surgery
correction will depend on the accessibility of sufficient donor hair reserves.
