FUE for Wavy or Curly Hair

I don’t see too many people on the website with wavy or curly hair. I have wavy hair and I’m wondering about how well this type of hair responds to the FOX procedure. For instance, does it inhibit harvesting and when it is transplanted would it go along with the naturally wavy pattern of the hair that is there now or would the individual hairs wave in different directions?

I have performed the FOX Procedure (Follicular Unit Extraction / FUE) on many wavy/curly hair patients with great success. After shaving the hair down to a short buzz cut, most hairs will stand straight and show their angle as they exist in the skin. I will harvest the hair to the exact angle where the hair grows in order to extract the follicle with high yield. Most of the African American patients will have spiral roots to the hair below the skin, while Caucasian, Hispanic, and Asians do not. The yield of viable hair from FOX/FUE will depend on the physician’s expertise/skills.

The way your hair grows out reflects both the angle the hair is put it in and the character of the hair itself. When grown out, other than density considerations, you should not be able to tell the transplanted hair from your original hair.

As for the patients in the NHI photo galleries, we only post patients that have signed a photo release. Some folks just do not wish to participate, and that is totally fine. Upon first glance, I can spot quite a few curly haired patients, including:

• Patient AJ
• Patient LK
• Patient UO

More information about FUE can be found at the links below:

• FUE Procedure info / photos
• FUE Megasession info / photos
• FUE video