FUE failure questions. How often does it not work?

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I am considering all aspects of a potential FUE procedure for a receding hairline. 1. How often does it not work? 2. Are certain patients at a higher risk for failure? 3. How often does it cause existing hairs to fall out? When this happens do they grow back? 4. Are certain patients at a higher risk for existing hairs to fall out after FUE? Thanks in Advance

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

There are risks to any surgery.  The success of surgery depends on the experience of the doctor and the medical group.

Baubac Hayatdavoudi, MD · Answer

Undergoing a Hair Restoration is a life changing decision. For such an important choice it is important to know who is performing your FUE Hair Restoration procedure.
At many other clinics, even in the United States, Physician Assistants, Technicians as well as untrained and unlicensed medical personal are doing the FUE Extractions and harvesting for the procedures. Not your hair restoration surgeon.
FUE harvesting is extremely delicate work, and is an absolutely critical component to the quality of your hair restoration outcome. Only a trained doctor or surgeon should be harvesting your grafts.
When considering a hair restoration surgery, it is important to find a qualified surgeon who has proper training, FUE experience and certifications and one who is heavily involved in your procedure and performing your FUE Harvesting.The surgical protocol and the amount your surgeon is involved in the FUE procedure is crucial.
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?

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

Hair transplant can be an option for forehead reduction, correcting receding hair line and asymmetry on your frontal hair line/forelock.I advice you have a FUE with avery experienced doc and medical team; you would get the desired hairline in just one sesssion of dense packing hair transplant. During the placement of follicular units there will be a mixture of single, double and a few triple grafts, which help to create the soft look of a natural hairline. For the first few lines always go for single grafts, later doubles Triples and others.So that a smooth transition will be there giving undetectable hair transplants.Transplanted graft’s hair starts to shedding in the first week of surgery and may go on untill 4-6 th weeks after surgery. İt is not surprising to lost approx. %70-80 of all transplanted hair shafts in first month when you are washing, gently rubbing or touching the head. İt is shock loss and not permanent. Even your native hair may affected with that post traumatic transient hair loss…New hair at transplant and donor area starts to grow at 3-4 th month after surgery .Hair transplantation result would be natural and ıf we planned a increasing density operation.İt would not create any damage to vellus hair already present on the scalp.

Karl Hekimian, MD · Answer

Hair growth from FUE (and FUT) transplantations are usually very successful if done properly.  There are medical conditions that can cause poor results; you will be screened for these during your consult.  Loss of native hair can occur but is the exception, not the rule, and the hair typically grows back.  Make sure you see a qualified hair restoration physician.

Robert Jones, MD, FISHRS · Answer

Hi, FUE where the grafts are extracted by experienced surgeons and planted by experienced techs should have a very low failure rate. Make sure the person doing the surgery is a surgeon, not a technician, and you will improve your chance of success. Unfortunately, many of the FUE surgeries around the world are done by technicians (which is illegal in most states). good luck,Dr. Robert Jones

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

FUE failures are most often due to technical factors from the surgical team. An experienced surgical team should not see failures. Loss of native hair is called shock loss and it is common in young men who do not take the drug finasteride

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