>>HOME >>QHR System The Strip Method The QHR Strip Method is the procedure typically employed in the i-Land Tower Clinic autologous QHR System for hair transplantation. The QHR Strip Method resolves a range of issues affecting success rate in hair transplantation, and many i-Land Tower Clinic patients express satisfaction with its reliability. The most important point in a hair transplant is to perform the procedure having calculated how the hair will grow in 5-10 years later. This is because patients will be unable to develop natural hairstyles if the transplanted hair and the surrounding hair grow differently. Using specially designed hand pieces and making no use at all of conventional scalpels, New Omnigraft, the advanced autologous hair transplantation equipment used in the QHR System Strip Method, enables the preparation of the smallest possible transplant donor areas and transplantation in accurate alignment with the growth pattern of other hair. These smallest possible donor areas are on the scale of 0.8 millimeters in diameter, well below the one-millimeter holes that were considered the lower limit in conventional hair transplantation methods. This development permits finer design with transplants of more hair follicles at levels never previously seen. Another major feature is the high density of the transplant region. Hair transplantation techniques that are generally performed by hand achieve densities of 40-50 follicles per square centimeter, but surplus transplants to scalpel incisions ("slits") are susceptible to shock loss, resulting in transplants that fail with the transplanted hair falling out. The use of specially designed hand pieces in the QHR System Strip Method allows transplantation of 50-60 pieces of hair per square centimeter, the ideal ratio taking into account the factors of density and success rate. This advanced technique achieves densities of 33-40%. It is the stable technical capabilities of the QHR System and the precision of its transplantation that have made it possible to achieve these figures. Features of the Strip Method Suited to transplants the front of the head, the crown and other regions with large surface area. Procedure times of 3-5 hours allow outpatient treatment, with no need for overnight stays. Cutting-edge medical equipment and proficiency in specialized medical techniques permit quick hair transplantation with no damage to hair follicles. Thanks to high-precision local anesthesia, patients experience almost no pain during the procedure. A total donor area of one centimeter by 20 centimeters is generally required for a hair transplantation of 1,000-2,000 grafts (2,000-6,000 pieces of hair). Donor acquisition involves almost no pain. The back of the head boasts both hair with strong survival capability and tender skin, and offers an extensive space of 3-4 centimeters from the neck to the rear of the head. Acquisition from a small donor area minimizes the post-operative stretched sensation, making the back of the head highly optimal for donor acquisition. Donor acquisition results in a lesion on the back of the head equal in size thereto, and so this area is sutured. Like donor acquisition, this involves almost no pain. Although some patients will experience something of a stretched sensation for a few days afterwards, any discomfort tends to disappear very soon. Scarring is barely noticeable. And if the sutured area is treated, it will be possible to perform donor acquisition there again. The donors acquired for transplant are grafted. Because this is performed with a Hairtome specially designed for the QHR System rather than by hand as in conventional method, the procedure takes almost no time at all. Meanwhile, there is less scope for human error, and the grafts are transplanted in a condition of high survival capability. The doctor uses a hand piece (electrical suction punch) to open the number of holes required for the transplant grafts, taking the hair design into consideration. The grafts are swiftly transplanted with a pneumatic implanter. Since this is a contact-free procedure and damage is minimal, it achieves a high survival ratio. Bandages are applied for just one day to compress and protect lesions in the donor region on the back of the head. The bandages may be removed one day after the operation, and the hair may be washed 24 hours later.