The Hair Transplantation Technology of Lotus Has Been Upgraded Again, and the Painless Non-Sha

"Doctor, is hair transplantation painful?" "How can I keep my hair and have a painless hair transplantation?" Many patients leave such questions when browsing web pages and during online and offline consultations about hair transplantation.

On August 28th, the [Technological Transformation of Hair Transplantation Leading Head Aesthetics] Technical Strategic Upgrade Conference of Lotus Medical Group (hereinafter referred to as "Lotus") was held in Beijing. The conference was hosted by Lotus Medical Group, and co-organized by Guangdong Times Media Group and the Head Aesthetics Research Institute. At this conference, Lotus carried out an upgrade and iteration in three aspects: technology, price, and service, aiming to provide a comprehensive solution to a series of pain points that consumers encounter during the hair transplantation process.

At the conference site, Lotus announced that it would comprehensively implement the non-shaving technology and gradually phase out the traditional shaving technology. Secondly, it would comprehensively implement the pain management technology to reduce or avoid the pain of patients. Moreover, Lotus's national invention patent for non-shaving hair transplantation and its team of doctors would ensure the safety and effectiveness of the hair transplantation surgery. In addition, in terms of the price and service system, Lotus has also launched personalized customization plans for different groups and needs.

"Innovation is the driving force for the high-quality development of an enterprise and also the cornerstone for meeting the people's aspiration for a better life." You Lina, the founder of Lotus, said at the conference site.

The deputy general manager of Lotus Medical Group, said at the conference site that the driving force for the upgrade of hair transplantation technology is consumers' pursuit of quickly becoming beautiful and growing hair. At the same time, the non-shaving technology represents the highest level of current hair transplantation technology. The non-shaving technology will definitely fully replace the shaving technology and will become the development trend of future hair transplantation technology.

Technological Iteration, Lotus's Innovation Pace Remains Unabated

Founded in 2005, Lotus is a national direct-selling chain institution that takes the independent research and development and clinical application of hair transplantation technology as its core and is committed to the development of the hair health industry. Currently, Lotus has more than 40 national direct-selling chain branches, more than 100 practicing doctors, and more than 700 practicing nurses. Among them, there are more than 10 chief physicians and associate chief physicians, and it has solved the hair loss problems for at least 350,000 hair friends.

In the 18 years since its establishment, Lotus's innovation has never stopped.

Simply put, hair transplantation technology can be divided into two generations. The first generation is FUT, follicular unit scalp strip excision, which is like "harming the enemy by 800 but self-damaging by 8,000". The second generation is called FUE, follicular unit extraction. And FUE is divided into two different technologies, namely the traditional shaving technology and the non-shaving technology.

At the beginning of its establishment, Lotus introduced the FUE, which had only been available in the global market for three years, into China and completely abandoned the FUT scarred hair transplantation.

FUE was proposed by Dr. Rassman of the United States in 2002. This technology does not require the transplantation of a flap from the donor area or the use of suture technology. Its postoperative recovery time is also relatively short, and it avoids the existence of regional scars.

When explaining the reason for introducing such an innovative technology, You Lina once said in an interview with the media that in the past, hair transplantation not only required shaving the hair but also cutting a piece of scalp from the occipital region. The single follicular units were transplanted after being separated under a microscope and then planted into the bald area. This kind of surgery meant a long recovery time, high risk, and the presence of scars.

You Lina also said in interviews with multiple media that with the increasing number of hair friends asking whether hair transplantation can be done without shaving or with less shaving for the pursuit of beauty, and business people asking whether hair transplantation will affect their meetings, etc., she was determined to overcome the previously most difficult and unimaginable non-shaving hair transplantation technology.

In 2015, the non-shaving technology began to germinate. At that time, Lotus started to study the non-shaving technology from the shortest hair. From extracting the hair from the occipital region after extending it and planting it into the frontal region to extracting and planting without shaving, Lotus devoted itself to research for nearly six years. In August 2020, this technology was officially launched.

The accumulation of long-term clinical practice has made Lotus a leading enterprise in the domestic hair medical industry. As of August 2023, the cumulative number of Lotus's non-shaving surgery cases has exceeded 50,000.

In order to meet the growing needs of hair friends, Lotus's innovation is still ongoing.

"Because the traditional shaving technology has four major disadvantages, such as an embarrassing period and slow recovery for hair friends, a large wound surface and great damage, goosebumps or punctate scars, and being not suitable for artistic planting, we will phase out the traditional shaving technology and comprehensively implement the non-shaving technology." At the same time, Lotus will comprehensively implement the painless technology. Traditional hair transplantation belongs to level 4 pain, while Lotus's pain management technology reduces the pain of hair transplantation to almost painless, thus solving the biggest pain point that troubles beauty seekers.

Highlighting Personalized Customization, the Service System Has Been Comprehensively Upgraded

Lotus's pursuit of innovation is not only limited to technology but also extends to corresponding upgrades in the price and service system.

According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, among the global population of more than 7.5 billion, about 1.6 billion people are troubled by hair loss. According to a survey data of the National Health Commission, in 2019, the number of people with hair loss in China had exceeded 250 million. That is to say, on average, one in every six people has hair loss, among which men are more likely to suffer from androgenetic alopecia, with a prevalence rate of about 21.3%, and the prevalence rate of women is relatively lower, about 6%.

"Compared with the hair loss age of the previous generation, it has advanced by at least 20 years, and the trend of younger age is becoming more and more obvious." The "White Paper on Chinese People's Scalp Health" pointed out.

The huge hair loss group also indicates a huge market space. Data from the consulting agency Frost & Sullivan shows that in China, the scale of the hair medical service market was 18.4 billion yuan in 2020 and is expected to rise to 138.1 billion yuan in 2030, with a scale growth rate as high as 750%.

Facing the huge and diverse market demand, Lotus has reformed its price system and tailored different price plans for different groups.

"Our new hair transplantation price system was born to solve the three major pain points of hair friends, such as the embarrassing period of traditional shaving, the recovery period of up to one year, whether it is painful, and whether it is effective." When carefully analyzing the new hair transplantation price system at the site, the new hair transplantation price system is divided according to the doctor levels of the non-shaving technology. Basically, it is divided into three levels, namely non-shaving by the regular team, non-shaving by the technical director team, and non-shaving by the chief physician and associate chief physician team. At the same time, the new hair transplantation price system has made the high-end non-shaving technology more accessible to the public. Taking the basic level as an example, the price of non-shaving at this level has been reduced from 40 yuan per follicular unit to 12 yuan per follicular unit. In order to ensure the postoperative maintenance effect, Lotus will provide an additional 90-day exclusive maintenance solution for each patient who has undergone non-shaving surgery.

As the "non-shaving hair transplantation" surgery is comprehensively replacing the "shaving hair transplantation", correspondingly, the hardware facilities and the pre- and post-surgery service system are also continuously being upgraded.

On May 4th this year, in response to the requirements of the "Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening the Supervision of the Medical Aesthetics Industry Issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation and Other Eleven Departments", Lotus and the Training Department of the Chinese Association of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeons jointly held an Advanced Seminar on Non-Shaving Hair Transplantation, aiming to solve the current shortage of non-shaving hair transplantation physicians.

"The seminar will officially start in September and is now open for registration to medical staff engaged in hair transplantation across the country. The seminar will be lectured by our experienced experts, and the schedule is set from aspects such as theoretical teaching, simulation exercises, surgical observation, and question answering." You Lina said at the above-mentioned conference.

Not only that, on August 18th, Lotus officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shengmeikang Education Technology. The two parties agreed to carry out in-depth cooperation in aspects such as non-shaving technology exchange, academic research, and hair transplantation technology upgrade, jointly promoting the development of the hair medical industry.

"The expert team of Lotus has also taken the lead in compiling four domestic monographs on hair transplantation, accumulated rich clinical experience in non-shaving hair transplantation, trained a large number of backbones for the field of hair transplantation in China, and made efforts to build a training base for non-shaving hair transplantation, leading the standardized and sustainable development of the hair transplantation industry in China." You Lina also said at the conference site.