Which Hair Transplant Technique Is Suitable For Me – FUE or FUT?

Hair loss is a sensitive global issue which could cause mental turmoil in one’s life and the worst part is when it cannot be controlled. Earlier hair loss was considered to be signs of ageing and due to unavailability of the permanent hair loss solution people use to either rely on temporary means of hair loss solution or bear the consequences of baldness gracefully. But now in the present era, there is growing importance of aesthetics in every aspect of life whether it is social, personal or professional.

Hair transplant in India is gaining lots of popularity in the present world as the procedure had underwent many advancements and is capable of producing extremely aesthetic results. Including, due to aesthetic concern people are opting hair transplant procedure to a major extent.

Hair transplant is a minimally invasive surgical procedure which involves the careful harvesting of hair follicles from the donor area and is transplanted to the recipient bald are. The donor area is selected based on the hair density required and available in the desired chosen areas.’

When it comes to cosmetic surgeries, the cost stays an important factor for opting the procedure. The hair transplant cost in India is quite affordable as compared to other nations. Despite lower cost the standards maintained by few renowned clinics is at par the international standards. Thus people from all over the world lure to Indi for hair transplant tourism.

Hair transplant techniques:

The most important step of hair transplant is the graft harvesting techniques based on which hair transplant is performed by 2 major techniques:

FUT hair transplant (Follicular unit transplantation or strip technique): FUT hair transplant technique is employed by removal of thin strip from the back and side of the head (donor area) preferably followed by which they are sent to graft segregation room for dissection of individual follicular grafts along with an adequate amount of tissues surrounding the follicles. these harvested follicular grafts are then transplanted at the recipient bald site (recipient area).

Advantages of FUT hair transplant technique:

1. The technique offers harvesting of larger number of follicular grafts of approximately 3000-3500 grafts.

2. The technique could offer larger coverage in extensive cases.

3. The technique offers no shave or minimal shave procedure which is highly preferred by especially females.

4. This technique offers long term benefits as it leaves ample hair follicles for future sittings.

5. This technique offers lesser damage rate to the follicular grafts as it is performed under high loop magnification.

6. It provides lesser chances of over harvesting thus permanency of the results are ensured.

7. With the recent advancements the suturing can be done by trichophytic closure which offers almost invisible scar.

FUE hair transplant (Follicular unit extraction): FUE hair transplant technique is employed by individual extraction of hair follicles from the back and side of the head (donor area) preferably with the help of a punching device. These extracted follicular grafts are then transplanted at the recipient bald area. The punching device is inserted in the scalp into underlying tissues which is usually a blind procedure and can only be performed by the one who has expertise and is highly experienced.

Facts of FUE hair transplant technique:

1. This technique offers extraction of lesser number of follicular grafts approximately 2000-2500 grafts.

2. This technique is favoured in initial bald cases and facial hair transplant as provides lesser number of follicular grafts.

3. This technique cannot be employed without shaving the complete head which could be embarrassing.

4. This technique offers almost invisible scarring.

5. Unlike FUT hair transplant technique, it does not require huge infrastructure and manpower.

6. This technique is bit expensive as compared to FUT technique as the procedure is bit time consuming.

Which technique is suitable?

Many of the patients ask us that which technique of hair transplant is suitable for us. Frankly speaking for assessing the suitability of the technique you need to consult the hair transplant surgeon first during which the thorough assessment of scalp is done and medical history is recorded. Many factors come into play after which the technique suitable for your case is suggested. The factors includes sex of the patient, age, extent of baldness, number of grafts required and hair density of hair follicles at the donor area. Therefore, no technique is suitable for all the cases and the desirable technique is decided by the individual conditions of the patients.

Medispa centre” for hair transplant in Jaipur and Delhi offers the provision of achieving best hair transplant outcomes at an affordable cost. We are proud to announce that we are the leading brand in the field of hair transplant and have built our name with constant efforts and dedication. Dr Suneet soni is pioneer in performing hair transplant using any technique and is specialized in performing FUT hair transplant with 100% assured results. He has an experience of more than 13 years and has performed more than 5000 hair transplant surgeries using all the techniques. His dedication towards the researches in the field of hair transplant has made him introduce bio stimulated combination technique of FUT and FUE.