Why is it said that FUT hair transplants yield a higher total lifetime number of grafts vs. FUE?

October 11, 2017
Asked By:A8826 in CT

I understand that FUE only takes a small number of hairs from an area (say 1 out of 5 for the sake of this comparison), so it makes sense an FUT procedure yields more hairs because it harvests all the hairs from a strip. But if someone does FUE over all of their donor area, can't they then go back and have FUT over the same area, to harvest the remaining (4 out of 5) hairs? In total, wouldn't this result in the same number of available grafts over a lifetime?

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October 26, 2017

Answer: FUE harvesting method may cause more transection of grafts as well as trauma to each hair follicle when compared

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Answer: FUE harvesting method may cause more transection of grafts as well as trauma to each hair follicle when compared

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October 12, 2017

Answer: FUE and FUT

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October 12, 2017

Answer: FUE and FUT

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October 14, 2017

Answer: Strip FUT vs FUE - can you always harvest more hair?

October 14, 2017

Answer: Strip FUT vs FUE - can you always harvest more hair?

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Answer: Number of grafts when comparing FUT and FUE.

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