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Hello to all our viewers.
Like women, more and more men are now turning
to plastic surgery, with one objective, one rallying cry:
"Self-improvement".
Today, we visit Brussels, Belgium,
a mere hour and 20 minutes from Paris,
for a special report
on capillary transplants.
Gentlemen, this one is for you.
We are meeting with one of the top specialists in the field, Dr Emorane Lupanzula,
and will be visiting his brand new
MEDIKEMOS clinic.
Behind the scenes with hair.
This is a PCM Production report.
Hello, Doctor!
Hi Rémy.
We find ourselves in Brussels, Belgium.
So, you're a doctor.
What sparked your interest and passion for this subject, and for your profession?
I became really interested in this when I was still
an accident and emergency doctor.
One day I was working
in a hospital burns unit,
and a patient came in with serious burns covering his entire face and most of his scalp.
His treatment required
both a skin transplant
and a hair transplant, with very aesthetic results.
That's when I became interested in the field.
A lot of doctors
and surgeons do that operation.
It has a good reputation in Belgium and is well-known.
It is considered a modern, highly evolved technology.
Why did you choose Dr Lupanzula?
Well, I saw several doctors.
The surgeon at the Medikemos clinic is a bit nicer and friendlier.
I think I just felt a certain feeling here,
both with him and his colleagues.
Hello Mr Medhi, how are you?
Very well; how are you? I'm well, thanks.
Please. Make yourself comfortable.
When patients arrive,
they've had to travel. They've come from abroad.
We send a driver to pick them up at the train station or airport
so they don't get lost.
It doesn't matter where they are coming from;
we make sure they are taken care of from start to finish.
We prepare them ahead of time: we call them
to make sure they're ready,
and to explain exactly what is going to happen and what they will experience.
That way, there are no surprises when they arrive.
The hardest part is after the surgery,
because the patient needs to be closely monitored
until regrowth is complete,
so that we can see the results
first-hand.
We monitor how things evolve and what the results are,
and also show the patient, because it's easy to forget.
We have to wait until the end
to really see if the change was successful.
Alright, well, I've traded in my jacket
for the MEDIKEMOS uniform.
So let's go see Dr Lupanzula and Medhi,
the patient we met earlier.
Follow me.
And let's be quiet!
How are you feeling?
I'm okay. I'm more tired than anything else, but I'm okay.
FUE is the technique that is most in-demand.
FUE stands for Follicular Unit Extraction.
That means that we are going to remove the follicular units
on the head
one after another.
Literally one after another.
It's a pretty meticulous technique
that requires patience,
time and a high level of dexterity, so that we are sure to remove the entire follicular unit.
Once it has been removed, we re-implant it
where needed so that we cover
the hairless zone.
FUE has so many more advantages than the previous technique,
FUT.
It allows the patient to recover quickly.
After seven to ten days, he can go back to his daily life.
Sometimes even in under a week.
The patient can go back to his physical, social and professional activities.
It leaves few scars,
and those it does leave are tiny points that can't even be seen
if the patient lets his hair grow out a centimetre.
More and more young patients are opting for this, exactly for that reason:
they don't want the big scar that is often left by the strip harvesting method (FUT).
The advantages of FUE
have lead to the growing demand for it.
The whole team is trained, which is the key.
Me, the secretaries,
the advisers who work with us;
everyone works with the patients
so closely that they really become part of our MEDIKEMOS family.
We end up becoming friends,
and they become a part of the family we have here.
To me, medicine is an art.
But there's also the human side of it:
a patient who comes to us for a hair transplant
is, in the end, a patient who is suffering.
He needs
support, confidence. When we do the hair transplant
we provide people with that confidence.
In fact, the patient finds it within himself.
Many of them come up to me afterwards and say:
"You know, doctor,
I'm much more confident now."
For many, friends and family members tell them that, too.
It's the human side, the patient side that I want to highlight,
because it's necessary to understand the problem
and to fulfil the patient's needs.
Thank you, doctor, for talking with us.
We wish your MEDIKEMOS clinic a lot of success.
Well done.
Thank you, Rémy.
It's been a pleasure.
Goodbye.
And that brings our report to an end.
I would like to thank
Dr Emorane Lupanzula in particular, as well as
the entire MEDIKEMOS clinic team.
Until next time. Goodbye.