Why do very, very few hair transplant doctors offer the no shave FUE option (even when a small amount of grafts are harvested)?

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Jae Pak, MD · Answer

FUE is a very technically challenging surgery.  It takes experience and sometimes special setup for long hair FUE.  Every case is different so you may want to meet with the doctor to ask these questions.Remember Long Hair FUE is only a harvesting technique.It has nothing to do with the end results.

David Deutsch, MD · Answer

This process is much more labor intensive and limits the number of grafts than can safely be harvested. It also makes it more difficult to uniformly and randomly distribute the punch sites-this can sometimes leave an unusual pattern if the hair is subsequently worn very short.

Baubac Hayatdavoudi, MD · Answer

We offer non shaving FUE Hair restoration up to 2,500 - 3,000 grafts. 
  
With our Non-Shaving Hair Restoration option, the  patient does not have to shave their head to have a hair transplant. The
 hair on the top of the head is left untouched and at normal length, and
 only very small sections are clipped in the donor region, which are 
 then concealed by the patient’s existing hair keeping the procedure 
 fully concealed and hidden. 
  
With Dr. Baubac’s Non-Shaving sessions the patient can return to work 
 and every day activities immediately without people knowing that a hair 
 restoration has taken place.

Parsa Mohebi, MD, FISHRS · Answer

The no shave hair transplant aka the "Celebrity FUE" is very popular among those folks who wish to hide the fact that they had anything done. We offer the procedure.  As to why others do not offer it, I'm not sure.  It is true, the celebrity FUE is more time consuming, more labor intensive and perhaps requires great skills by both the surgeon and the technicians part.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

Actually I have  no logical answer for that Question, because I only perform  FUE technique for HT . But ıf my patients need s ano shave  FUE  I inform him /her that we can harvest only 1000- 1500 grafts with that tech  to cover a limited area .

Matt Tahsini, MD · Answer

Thank you for the post. This varies patient to patient, according to how dense the existing scalp is. There should be enough room to visualize the incision sites. Hope this makes sense.

John Kahen, MD · Answer

Hair Restoration Surgeons are very dedicated to providing amazing patient care and listening to patient goals. Few patients aren't always interested in shaving the back of their head due to their profession. We understand that if you have a career that you cant always get away with shaving the back of your head or wearing a hat things can get tricky. In cases like that we do whats called an executive FUE. This is where we shave a little section and take a smaller amount of grafts from the back of the head. This method is awesome for patients who have great donor area but don't have much area of loss.

Prabdeep Sohi, MS, MCh - Account Suspended · Answer

The reason for doctors to use shaving technique for FUE is that without it the procedure becomes time consuming. The best and most experienced of the teams could execute a no-shave hair transplant with maximum 2000-2500 grafts and that is the biggest disadvantage.

Michael Meshkin, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

FUE is a blind extraction of the hair follicle from the surface of the scalp. In order to get  the most efficient harvesting without getting collateral damage to surrounding hair, it is best to shave. Shaving helps visualize and arbitrarily estimate the direction of the hair. Without shaving it is almost impossible to predict the direction and therefore the chances of damaging hair follicles is very high. A reputable and cautious hair transplant surgeon would like to get the optimum number of grafts while keeping your existing native hair in the donor area intact and that is why this is not recommended.

Cory Torgerson, MD, PhD, FRCSC - Account Suspended · Answer

It is easier and better to be able to shave the donor area for an FUE hair transplant. It also means less chance of transection of the grafts. Most places would prefer to not use the "No-Shave FUE" because of how much longer the procedure will take as well as the risk of lowering the success rate.

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