More successful grafts transplanted with FUT or FUE?

[goozer]

Hello,

 

Does FUT produce more successful transplanted grafts? Or does FUE? Or are they equal?

 

Any evidence to support this, that or the other?

[Rawkerboi]

If you search bit more you will find tons of thread discussing FUT vs FUE!

[Bill - Seemiller]

goozer,

 

Welcome to our forum community. If you use the "search" feature of this forum, you will find various answers. FUT or strip surgery versus FUE is a hot topic and heavily debated on this forum by patients and physicians alike. The simplest of answers is that FUT or strip generally produces more viable grafts for transplanting than FUE. This is because grafts harvested via the FUE technique are removed or extracted by feel and experience, not by sight. This is what's referred to as "blind dissection". Grafts harvested by FUE undergo several forces that strip grafts do not including traction, torsion and compression. You can read more about this by visiting the Hair Loss Q&A Blog article "Will FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) Ever Fully Replace Strip (FUSS) in the Future?" That said, many expert FUE practitioners such as those hair restoration surgeons recommended by our community have developed the skills and experience to harvest viable grafts with minimal transection and in many cases, growth yield is equal to strip. Thus, physician selection is also vital in ensuring a successful result.

 

I encourage you to take your time and research this community. I think you will find the members here very helpful but do keep in mind that while everyone has an opinion, you shouldn't always take the information you read here as facts. Always follow up with your own research and question everything :-).

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill

[goozer]

Thank you guys