What Is Ice Graft Hair Transplant?
The growing popularity of hair transplants has led to a proliferation of new abbreviations in marketing this procedure. Among such terms, you might’ve come across “ice graft hair transplant.” But exactly what is it, and is it better than the traditional hair transplant method?
Put simply, ice graft hair transplantation, also known as ice graft FUE, is a marketing gimmick — it’s not a “new,” “innovative,” or “improved” hair transplantation technique.
In this case, it refers only to the chilling of extracted hair grafts before implantation to ensure their survival while they’re out of the body. And, notably, this isn’t a novel concept either as storing grafts at low temperatures is something that has been done for decades in hair transplantation surgeries.
A traditional follicular unit extraction (FUE) surgery involves the storage of hair grafts at a low temperature to ensure their survival. Therefore, an ice graft FUE is nothing special or different from a classic FUE surgery.
What Is Ice Sapphire FUE?
Similar to ice graft FUE, ice Sapphire FUE is nothing but a marketing gimmick.
Specifically, sapphire here refers to v-tipped sapphire blades that are used for incision-making before graft placement in a hair transplant surgery.
These blades do offer additional benefits, such as a better survival rate and faster recovery time, however, any Sapphire FUE is also ice Sapphire FUE because it involves the chilling of grafts while they’re being stored out of the body.
What Is The Cost Of Ice Graft FUE?
Considering that an ice graft FUE is no different from a traditional FUE hair transplant, the procedure should cost about the same — that is, around £2,000 in Turkey or £5,000 in the UK. The price can vary, but based on factors such as the number of grafts required, the experience of the surgical team as well as the location of the clinic.
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Dr Cagla
Dr Cagla earned her medical degree at Trakya University’s Faculty of Medicine in Bulgaria and has almost 6 years of hair transplantation experience. She is a specialist in FUE, DHI and Sapphire hair transplants of the scalp, eyebrows and beard and has performed over 6,000 surgeries. Dr Cagla is multilingual, with fluency in English, Bulgarian and Turkish.