Using the FUE² Technique to Remove Only 3 and 4-Hair Grafts

I am a technology freak so I liked your FUE2 process. I already had a couple of hair transplants and the frontal area is still thin, needing more hair. I figured that you can use your new FUE procedure just to thicken up the front area with less grafts and more hair. If that is true, the price is a real bargain.

I think you’re essentially asking if the doctor can just transplant 3-hair and 4-hair grafts. You could arrange to have a limited FUE² procedure performed (without shaving your head) to add hair to the frontal area or crown very cost effectively. I would ask the surgeon to take out mostly 3-hair (or more) grafts and as long as they are placed at least 3/4 inch behind the hairline (or the crown), these grafts will be more effective for thickening up the recipient area. This approach makes sense, as many people who would like to get their hair to appear fuller could just come in for a limited FUE² procedure and have limited pain or detectability after the procedure. I say “limited pain” because although most won’t experience any significant pain, I’m not going to BS you and say it’s 100% painless — we have to give you a shot to numb the area, and some people might find that part painful. After the area is numbed though, you won’t feel a thing.

Anyway, with this approach to a more limited surgery, you can get hair without a substantial recovery process and at a lower cost on a per hair basis than when compared to a traditional strip surgery provided that you have naturally 3 and 4 hair follicular units. Some Asians, in particular, may only have one and two hair follicular units. Normally, a strip surgery in a person with a uniform hair density of 2.2 hairs mm square, will have about 15-20% single hairs and 70% two hair follicular units and the remaining 3 and 4 hair follicular units. On a hair for hair cost, removing only two, three, and four hair follicular units will create more value for the patient if he has them to remove. The only problem I see with approaching the FUE² this way is that the number of grafts you harvest is limited by the area that is shaved and the distribution of 3 and 4 haired grafts that you are born with may be so widely spread out that it would be impractical to remove exclusive 3 and 4 hair follicular units because the area of hair that has to be clipped may become visible.