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Fortunately, in our offices we always try 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 surmise that their patients are not worth this investment.
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