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APPLICATION OF PHYSICS & OPTICS TO GRAFT
DISSECTION
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to improve our technology and created a better result for our patients.
Therefore, I created a fiberoptic backlighting source of light waves that are
transmitted through the tissue. In addition the light source is at an angle to
the tissue so a slight degree of refraction of light occurs also. The
transmitted light results in a slight shadow in the center of the hair, where
the density is greatest and light transmission is reduced. There is also a
slight dispersion of light around the hair shaft. As you can see this fiberoptic
graft cutting surface, which I have patented under the name "Follicle
Cutting Board" results in greater contrast and improved visualization
of the non-pigmented hairs. The next photograph depicts the same graft you saw
in the previous photograph with top lighting alone, but this time we use the
patented technology of our Follicle Cutting Board. As you can
see, the Follicle Cutting Board alone improves contrast so that
visualization of white hairs is much easier. It stands to reason that this
significantly reduces the injury to grafts cut with the new device and
technology. Currently, this technology is only available in our clinics. Even
when we release this technology to the rest of the hair transplant community we
do not expect many to use them since the light source for one or two cutting
stations costs 500.00 each. If the majority of physicians do not use microscopes
that cost 750.00 to 4500.00 each (we have one microscope that cost us 7,500),
they are not going to add additional cost to their procedure. I guess you could
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