What are the pros and cons? Specifically in my case (norwood 6 so need a large area to be covered) and average skin laxity?

What are the pros and cons? Specifically in my case (norwood 6 so need a large area to be covered) and average skin laxity?

indian_guy,

This is quite possibly a very lengthy topic since much can be said about the benefit, limitations, and risks of FUT verses FUE.

In a nutshell however, here's the pros and cons the way i see it:

Pros of Strip:

1. High rates of consistency in the best of hands
2. Fewer hair transplants needed to meet your goals

Cons of strip

1. Risks associated with strip healing
2. Linear scar and risks of stretching
3. Arguably more invasive than strip
4. Higher costs

Pros of FUE

1. Lack of Linear Scar
2. Arguably less invasive and faster donor healing time

Cons of FUE

1. Risks associated with FUE healing
2. Considered less consistent by most leading surgeons in the field due to the extra forces placed on the follicles during extraction and placement, even in the best hands
3. More sessions needed to meet desired goals
4. Too many follicles taken in a given area can make scarring more evident

I hope this helps.

Bill

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thanks for the post Bill

Also, F.U.E. typically costs about twice as much as the strip-harvesting method.

While i agree at the FUE has a faster donor healing time, I think that FUE has a longer down time, when compared to strip where shaving is not required, a comment echoed by dr. True who does both strip and FUE. (I can't find his article about this topic)This is due to the fact that FUE generally requires shaving of the donor site.

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Well, strip-harvesting, too, requires the donor region to be shaven, does it not? Only, with the method, that region is quite smaller than it is with F.U.E.

Bill -- I'd say that the cost of strip should be under pros, since FUE usually costs way more than strip

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with strip, only the narrow (2-cm width) donor region is being shaven. This region is then extracted, thus leaving an even narrower area, which can then be easily cover with hair.

with FUE, a large region (5-7cm width) is shaven, which is then impossible to hide the many small red dots. If the donor is not well distributed, this will leave patchy areas of hair.

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Being one of the patients here who actually had both, healing time and down time for FUE were about 1/10th that of strip. To be blunt, it really is apples and oranges, hard to even compare. Imagine, plucking your eyebrows versus cutting them out (both under anesthesia! lol

I wish I had an infinite supply of hair, I would FUE monthly!

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