Recipient Site
A recipient site is the tiny incision a surgeon makes in the thinning area to receive a graft. Its angle, direction, depth and size determine how the result looks.
Where you'll meet it
Rarely in marketing, which is itself informative. Site creation is the part of the operation that most determines the result and the part clinics discuss least.
Why it decides the result
Angle sets whether hair lies against the scalp or stands away from it. Direction sets whether it sweeps the way hair should. Size sets whether a graft sits flush or leaves pitting. Density and distribution set whether the result looks like hair or like coverage.
All of that is decided by whoever makes the sites, one at a time, thousands of times.
Who makes them
In a good clinic, the surgeon. In a high-volume one, sometimes not. It is the single most useful question to ask about who does what on the day, and the answer varies at every price point.
In DHI, the site and the placement happen in one motion with an implanter pen, which changes the tool rather than the judgement.
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