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FUE or FUT?

As known, there are two methods in hair transplantation. The technique is determined by the surgeon considering preference of the patient as well. You will be briefly informed about the comparison of the two techniques below. For further details, you are always encouraged to ask our doctor, Ekrem Civas. Please keep in mind that if the surgeon is not fully eligible for both techniques he would probably offer only one technique.

The Pros and Cons for FUE / Strip Harvesting

You have to know this list if you're interested in having a hair transplant, particularly when comparing the Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) technique and the Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT / strip) technique.

FUE and FUT technique of hair transplantation and in particular the differences between those who think taking out the curiosity, need to know the following topics.

POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE METHOD FUE

  • After the donor area, FUE method, there will be a marked trail. Of course after the skin incision scar will be, but the scar is very small and a large area taken, followed by hair shaven zero even if the number is not significant.
  • There is no sewing FUE hair transplant technique. Consists of small scars on the back of the head and they will heal itself without requiring any stitches or bandages.
  • Fue technique after graft, any donor in the region would not be a pain.
  • Body, each region (beard, chest, leg) FUE technique can be used as a donor.
  • In Bad hair transplants made to restate the grafts redistribution provides the physician flexibility.
  • FUT hair transplant method that enables graft provides inaccessible areas.

THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF FUE TECHNIQUE

Not everyone is suitable candidates for FUE hair transplantation technique. Before surgery, patients passed the test with many different methods of hair follicles and hair follicles without damaging the availability of the grafts were examined under a microscope to see. If the

Patients have damaged grafts, and this rate is a critical number of these operations are performed with the FUE technique.

  • Fue technique is a more expensive operation. The amount of the transplanted hairs in a session with the method of FUT, in FUE method it will take 2 sessions. FUE method is cumbersome for the patient, the skin taken from the back of the head, then parse FUT hair under a microscope, unlike the FUE method, the roots are taken one by one.
  • FUT method, as compared with the FUE method takes more time.
  • A large part of the head must be shaved. Most patients will not accept this situation.
  • FUE method, obtained from the roots is very sensitive when transplanting by inexperienced technicians, can die very easily undergoes damage.
  • FUE method is much less compared to the later sessions, can be obtained from the hair follicle.
  • Donor in the region which is made too much dilution, the image of the back of the head can cause excessive sparse and an ugly image.

THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF FUE METHOD

  • The number of graft-FUT method to obtain more hair follicles. As seen on the picture if the roots are not the same way as we thought, the graft transaction will increase.
  • In FUE method can obtain a higher number of grafts.
  • The first session is almost up to the next sessions can be obtained from the hair follicle.
  • Including those who have negative FOX test, is a suitable method for many patients.
  • The hair does not need to be shaved before the procedure.

THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF FUT METHOD

  • Nape of the neck in the form of a line will leave a trace remaining lifetime.
  • Can not be used in patients with susceptibility to keloids.
  • It requires a greater number of patients experience.
  • It requires more number of trained technicians.
  • Not using microscope in clinic, non-natural hair transplant results may occur.

 

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