There ara two basic methods of hair transplantation currently available today. One of them is Hair Follicular Transplantation (FUT), in other words strip hair transplant surgery, and the other is Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). For hair transplant methods, the FUE technique is the newest technique and a more advanced method of hair transplantation than the older FUT technique. Today most of the hair transplantation operations are made through FUE technique.
FUT Method
In the FUT method, the hair follicles on the back of the head, which is determined as the donor region, are taken as a whole together with a thin tissue layer in the form of a strip. The grafts are obtained by separating the hair follicles from a thin strip tissue. These grafts are then transferred to required area. In the donor area of the patient, a strip-like scar remains, characteristic of the FUT method.
FUE Method
In the FUE method, the donor region is determined to be a much wider area than the FUT method. From this area, follicle units are removed one by one by a specialized doctor with a small special instrument called manual or motorized punch (an instrument that extracts the follicular unit by making a round incision in the scalp).
Therefore, FUE technique leaves no strip-like scar on the donor area as in the FUT. As the follicular units are optained from the wider area and extracted indivudually, if the hair is cut short and the donor area is carefully examined, only then tiny holes or slits can be recognized. Because of this feature which is the important advantage of FUE, most people with hair problems prefer this method.
Unlike to the FUT method, in the FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) method, the follicular units (grafts) are optained directly from the lower part of the skin by a manual or with a motorized punch from the lower parts of the skin under the local anethesia , and transferred to the bald areas by considering the natural hair developing angle. This method is also known as “Non-invasive”. Patients can easily decide and choose this technique because they do not leave stitches and scars on the patients donor area and the healing time is shorter than the FUT method.
