If I Just Want a Mini Procedure, Should I Have a Strip or FUE?

If I just need a mini surgery in my temple area and a few hairs in the frontal line to thicken it up, let us say all together 200-300 hairs, would a doctor perform that small of a surgery?

Also would he do a strip method or FUE? I think a lot of doctors where I live don’t like to do FUE because they feel not all the grafts grow because some hairs die when you are plucking them. So, would it still be better to do a strip surgery for a mini procedure?

Without a good examination and knowing exactly your expectation (long term / short term) I have no way to know which surgical method is better for you. If a physician has already made a diagnosis and recommendation of number of grafts you may need, he/she should have also recommended which method of donor hair harvesting (FUE vs Strip) that you should consider. There is no right answer. Everyone and each surgeon is different, and I really can’t answer this question without knowing more about your needs and goals.

I will say that in general 200 to 300 hairs to thicken up your hairline AND your temple area is likely a very low number and I suspect your expectation may be off. Remember that each graft can include multiple hairs, so even 200-300 grafts might be too low to treat the areas you’re talking about.

Having said that, we do on occasion perform small touch up transplants at NHI as low as 100 grafts.