What are the advantages and disadvantages of megasessions?
The larger the number of grafts per session, the larger the area that can be treated. Quite naturally, therefore, many patients prefer “megasessions”. The definition of the term “megasessions” varies from physician to physician. We refer to all sessions of greater than 2500 to 2750 units per session as “megasessions”. We prefer to limit ourselves to sessions that are approximately 2500 FU or less per session for several reasons: 1. The more incisions made in the recipient area, the more blood vessels will be cut and the less optimal the blood supply in the recipient area will be. Remember that if 2500 FU are being transplanted even a 1 mm long recipient-site incision (typically made with a 19-g needle or a comparable small blade) means that 250 cm (10 feet) of incisions will be made in the area being treated. We believe that this is trauma enough to an area that is quite often the size of the palm of a typical man’s hand. If the incisions are smaller than 1 mm then the number of grafts
