Does the Hair Transplant Center offer Follicular Unit Extraction?
No, for the reason that this technique is actually the modification and refinement of a technique that was in use briefly during the mid 1990s. In this method, each follicle of hair is removed from the donor area individually by using a small punch-like circular scalpel. Many new clinics employing this method like to make a big deal out of by claiming it does not leave a scar like the traditional donor strip harvest method does. However, many FUE patients the Hair Transplant Center has seen are left with a golf ball type appearance, with small red indentions where the follicular units were harvested from. According to one scientific study: “There has been debate regarding the scarring left at the donor site by harvest of FUs. Single-strip harvest leaves a single, fine incision that usually heals in a few days. Follicular unit extraction (FUE) leaves small holes 1 to 2 millimeters in diameter at the site of FU extraction. These holes are not stitched but are rather left to heal on their
