Glossary of terms used on this site
| Term | Main definition |
|---|---|
| Facial Œdema | œdema is the swelling of tissue under the influence of unusual accumulation of serous liquid. It can manifest itself after 48 hours and last for 5 to 10 days. There’s no pain involved and it normally resorbs downwards from forehead to the lower eyelids. Applying ice packs and taking corticosteroids (Medrol) drastically reduces facial œdema. |
| FIT | specific procedure of follicular extraction or FUE that extracts one or several hairs, smaller than the follicular unit. |
| Follicular extraction | graft extraction technique by means of a punch sized from 0.9 to 1mm that allows extraction of singular follicular units. |
| Follicular family | two follicular units that are located very close to each other. |
| Follicular isolation (technique) | or FIT, term proposed by doctors Paul T Rose and John Cole for indicating the extraction of the follicular unit by means of a technique they developed ; a specific form of follicular extraction or FUE… |
| Follicular Unit | a group of hairs, developing naturally in the scalp of an adult male, generally 1 to 4 hairs. Each of these groups is referred to as follicular unit. |
| FUE | Follicular Unit Extraction or extraction technique by means of follicular extraction |
| FUT | also referred to as follicular unit transplant is a transplant technique that preserves the follicular unit. |
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