Are your existing hair follicles damaged during an FUE procedure?

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When the 1000's of small incisions are made in and around your thinning hair recipient area, are the existing hair follicles damaged? I ask this question as i have seen a bit of a pattern with people who have second transplants of similar numbers of transplants to the first and the results always seem to be slightly disappointing. I too noticed that the fine thinning hairs that i had on the front of my forehead pre FUE haven't returned now 8 months after the procedure. Thanks

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

FUE is a method of harvesting hair follicles. It may cause damage to the hair follicles during the harvesting phase.

Sean Behnam, MD · Answer

It's certainly possible but the extent to which is happens is really dependent on the doctor's experience. A doctor who has done many of these procedures should cause an extremely small amount of damage to pre-existing natural hairs.

Baubac Hayatdavoudi, MD · Answer

In the hands of an experienced FUE Hair Restoration surgeon, grafts can be safely implanted in between your existing hair without issue.

Brian Goertz, MD (retired) · Answer

Minimizing damage is based on the skill of the hair transplant surgeon and surgical team. You will continue to lose hair in a weak recipient area depending on your degree and stability of current hair loss. Most skilled surgeons will only perform FUE twice from a donor area as there is scarring under the skin in the donor area.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

A good surgeon can keep the recipient making instrument apart from the normal native hairs which he/she should be able to see when the recipient area sites are made.

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