Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is the latest widely
adopted practice in hair restoration. Traditionally, hairs to be transplanted
are taken from a strip of hair at the back of the scalp. The hairs are then
dissected out of he strip of skin and hair. Follicular unit extraction involves
removing each follicular unit to be transplanted individually, leaving only a
small hole where the follicle used to be.
The advantage of FUE is that involves Hair Transplant in Islamabad minimal scarring and
no chance of an unwanted large scar where the strip of hair would be removed.
The small holes also feel much faster and with less pain and tenderness than
the strip method. Sounds great, right? Well there disadvantages.
The main
disadvantages are that the cost can be twice as much due to it being more time
and labor intensive as well as less donor hair available since the surgeon must
leave some hair in between the hair follicles which are removed. Below is a
more complete list of advantages and disadvantages.
No linear scar
Important for those who wear their hair short
Decreases healing time in the donor area
Useful for those with a greater risk of donor scarring
(Asians)
Disadvantages
Maximum follicular unit graft yield is lower than with FUT
Due to the inability to harvest all the hair from the
mid-permanent zone
Greater follicular transection (damage) compared to FUT
Greater patient variability in who are good candidates
compared to FUT
More difficult to capture the entire follicular unit
More difficult to obtain a natural distribution of
follicular units
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