Are FUE grafts qualitatively equal to grafts produced through traditional strip harvesting under microscopic control?
The quality of non-transected follicular units extracted through FUE can vary from patient to patient and doctor to doctor. It is not unusual that transected (damaged) units with FUE can be substantial. Traditional strip harvested grafts, on the other hand, can be controlled from patient to patient and within team members when the surgical team is well disciplined. Some doctors have mastered the patient to patient variability of FUE grafts and can produce graft quality that, under optimal conditions, has hair survival that approaches that of traditional strip harvested grafts. But finding these doctors can be difficult (see photos on our FUE² page).
