What would you recommend; Strip method vs. FUE technique for hair transplant?

Below are critical questions that you need answers to before moving forward with an FUE clinic.  1) Is your Doctor the person doing the FUE harvesting or is a Physician Assistant or technician doing the harvesting? 2) How long has your surgeon been doing FUE and FUE harvesting? 3) How many FUE cases does your doctor perform monthly?  4) If your doctor does both Strip and FUE, Does your doctor perform more strip cases then FUE cases monthly?

Hi shayda,
As the name suggests, strip harvesting is performed by dissecting a little strip of hair follicles from a donor site. The key difference between the two follicular techniques of hair transplants lies in the process of harvesting follicles.
In FUE, the surgeon harvests individual follicular units containing 1 to 4 hairs from the donor site. While in FUT, a longer linear strip of hairs extracted from the donor site, followed by manual dissection into smaller grafts.
Procedure Comparison
Based on feasibility, harvesting and implanting can be performed in a single session. In both techniques, the patient’s scalp is cleaned with a disinfectant solution.
Patient’s are given a local anesthetic, usually consisting of lidocaine with epinephrine, to numb the area that is going to be treated and to help control the bleeding.
An incision is performed to cut vertically into the scalp to harvest donor hair without hurting the follicular units. Incisions are usually only so deep that harvesting the entire follicular unit is possible.
Healing & Recovery
The treatment areas heal in several days after the procedure. Human scalps have a large number of vessels, thus after the treatment surrounding tissue begins nourishing the transplanted follicles.
In both strip and follicular treatments, you can return to work and almost all daily activities the next day. But strenuous activities and heavy lifting should be avoided until 7 to 12 days have passed or as advised by your surgeon.
Strip or FUE, which is better?
This can depend on some factors. My advice would be to visit a board certified and well experienced hair transplant surgeon in your city for a one-on-one consultation and physical examination. Based on your medical history etc. and the severity of your condition, you and your surgeon can mutually come to a conclusion.
Hope this helps.