Follicular unit extraction (FUE) is a minimally invasive procedure used to perform follicular unit hair transplantation.



Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) differs from a Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT) mainly in the way that the donor hair is harvested. In FUE, small punches are made into the donor site and hair grafts are taken out, as opposed to a strip in FUT surgery. This offers an attractive alternative to patients who do not want to have stitches for their hair transplantation.





The healing time for FUE is less than FUT. No stitching is involved, hence recovery is faster. With greater precision and higher magnification work that is involved with FUE, the physician has better vision and is able to plan the number of Follicular Unit (FU) hair grafts she takes out.



These include:

1. The fully shaved technique - Patient has the whole head of head shaved to 1-2mm in length. This allows the surgic