It is not all about numbers. You need a doctor who understands the progression of your hair loss — how to address future hair loss along with present hair loss. You need a plan rather than just thinking of short term goals. Each and every patient is different, with different needs and different hair loss […]
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I received a question from a patient after an extensive meeting (over an hour) about the options of FUE vs strip (FUT) procedures, and he asked which of the newer FUE systems was best. He was particularly confused by the promotions of the ARTAS and Neograft systems. That prompted me to start writing. I’ve split […]
There is a question arising out of the hair transplant community which is becoming polarized and lining up for a fight: Which is better, FUT (Follicular Unit Transplant with Strip) or FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction)? Some doctors have already specialized in performing FUE alone, so their opinion is already made up. Some doctors new to […]
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 […]
The point of the post you’re referencing from a couple weeks ago (FUE Back into the Linear Scar vs Scar Revision) was that once a strip surgery has been done and a linear scar is already present, a FUE procedure should not be the harvesting method of choice. To answer your question on cloning, if […]
I get this question quite a bit from patients who have already had the hair transplant strip surgery and then inquire about having a follicular unit extraction (FUE) procedure to follow it up. It makes little sense for the person that already has a strip scar (no matter how wide it is) to have an […]
For whatever reason, we seem to receive questions about the same topic in clusters. One week, I’ll get a bunch of Rogaine questions… the next week, it’s Propecia time. This week, I got a few about the strip technique versus follicular unit extraction (FUE). I found a nice article on the ISHRS site that compares […]
I have always believed that less surgery is better than more surgery in people with more extensive balding patterns. If you can get 6,000 grafts in two sessions, why go for 6 sessions of 1000 grafts each? If the density and laxity allow for it, most of my patients prefer to have one larger session […]
“It ain’t so!” I suppose your donor area can look patchy with little white dot scars if you have 3000+ FUE grafts extracted. This occurs when your original density was average or less than average. People with high density hair often will not show the white scars (dots) at all. Even with 1000 FUE grafts, […]
The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) site has posted a great comparison of the strip harvesting and FUE techniques. Here’s the first paragraph from the article: Read the full text — Comparison between Strip Harvesting and Follicular Unit Extraction: A Fair and Balanced View The article discuss the donor area, scarring, graft survival, […]
A skilled physician is necessary for any surgery you have, and one that specializes in the cosmetic surgery you’re looking into is absolutely something I’d recommend. If you’re asking me whether you should go to me for your hair transplant or go to another surgeon, well, I think the answer would be pretty obvious. However, […]
Either technique (FUT or FUE) can produce the density you may need. The choice of harvesting should include: The doctor and his/her skills The quantity of grafts needed The costs (usually FUE is more expensive that FUT) Either technique can produce great densities and hundreds of these can be seen on our website here.
I just met with a Asian man with very low density, even for an Asian. He was considering the different harvesting techniques FUE vs strip surgery. He met with other doctors who represented that they could transplant 4000-5000 grafts in a single strip session and 3000 FUEs in a single FUE session. This poor man […]
I really don’t have a clue as to the size of your recipient area for those 1464 hairs. Assuming that it was 1464 hairs (not grafts), that means that the strip taken should not have been very large (in surface area, that is). The normal person has 1250 hairs (or 625 two-hair grafts) per square […]
Background I have had 4 hair transplants (three strips and one FUE) sum totaling north of 10k grafts over the last 10 years. I was also on Propecia. I was pretty happy with my hair post HT #3, however I always had the jitters in public. Due to a temporary health issue I had to […]