Is there a significant advantage in doing an FUT before doing any FUE transplants? Due to a thicker donor on a non operated scalp.

[Proportions]

Planning my transplants, want to know if I should aim to get an FUT first to maximize my grafts in the long run.

[Gatsby]

It's a personal choice about whether you want an FUT scar or not. If you are a high Norwood 6 or 7 it can make sense to have FUT first then FUE afterwards to maximize the number of grafts you can yield. All the best.

[Proportions]

2 minutes ago, Gatsby said:

It's a personal choice about whether you want an FUT scar or not. If you are a high Norwood 6 or 7 it can make sense to have FUT first then FUE afterwards to maximize the number of grafts you can yield. All the best.

Thanks. Do you think it's significantly less graft efficient to do an FUT after an FUE?

[Gatsby]

It all comes down to the surgeon doing the work. I would be less concerned about FUT or FUE than choosing an elite surgeon or a bad surgeon. It's what gets you to your goal that matters most.

[Gatsby]

FUT before FUE technically would be more efficient.

[KSA91]

Gatsby is right! Another thing to consider is recovery. With FUE recovery is quick...Within ten days you could go back to normal life as if nothing happened with very few signs that you had anything done. With FUT on the other hand, recovery is longer and you really need to follow up with your doctor. The possibility for infection is also higher with FUT because they remove a large piece of skin from your head, unlike FUE where the scar starts to heal the moment they make the cuts.

[jjalay]

49 minutes ago, KSA91 said:

Gatsby is right! Another thing to consider is recovery. With FUE recovery is quick...Within ten days you could go back to normal life as if nothing happened with very few signs that you had anything done. With FUT on the other hand, recovery is longer and you really need to follow up with your doctor. The possibility for infection is also higher with FUT because they remove a large piece of skin from your head, unlike FUE where the scar starts to heal the moment they make the cuts.

The possibility of infection is definitely not higher with fut. Soon after the strip is removed the area is sutured and as long as the doctor know how to work under proper sterilisation the risk of an infection is minimum. With fue you have thousands of small open wounds on the back of your head and the patient needs to give the proper attention for the first 2-3 days in order to avoid any complications. Within 10 days after an fue it is very unlikely that you can go on with your normal life as nothing happened. You still have visible signs on the donor area which is shaved and this is hard to cover. On the recipient area there is redness in many cases, and the new implanted grafts are still there and pointing out a hairtransplant.

[KSA91]

10 minutes ago, jjalay said:

The possibility of infection is definitely not higher with fut. Soon after the strip is removed the area is sutured and as long as the doctor know how to work under proper sterilisation the risk of an infection is minimum. With fue you have thousands of small open wounds on the back of your head and the patient needs to give the proper attention for the first 2-3 days in order to avoid any complications. Within 10 days after an fue it is very unlikely that you can go on with your normal life as nothing happened. You still have visible signs on the donor area which is shaved and this is hard to cover. On the recipient area there is redness in many cases, and the new implanted grafts are still there and pointing out a hairtransplant.

Okay...Generally speaking, if the doctor follows proper sterilization the risk of infection is minimal regardless if it's FUT or FUE. But that's not what I'm talking about! Look at all the medical websites they all say the risk of infection with FUT is far higher than with FUE. That's the experts! Speak to them! There is a reason FUE developed after FUT and that's because it's minimally invasive! And just go through the hundreds of reviews on here and on YouTube of those who had FUE...They all say they can go back to normal life as if nothing happened within two weeks after FUE...Even those who went to subpar clinics ($4k-$7k range)!   

[jjalay]

22 minutes ago, KSA91 said:

Okay...Generally speaking, if the doctor follows proper sterilization the risk of infection is minimal regardless if it's FUT or FUE. But that's not what I'm talking about! Look at all the medical websites they all say the risk of infection with FUT is far higher than with FUE. That's the experts! Speak to them! There is a reason FUE developed after FUT and that's because it's minimally invasive! And just go through the hundreds of reviews on here and on YouTube of those who had FUE...They all say they can go back to normal life as if nothing happened within two weeks after FUE...Even those who went to subpar clinics ($4k-$7k range)!   

10 days after fue you are starting to gently massage the recipient area in order to remove the scabs from your head. How is it possible to do that and go back to normal life as nothing happened? Its impossible. As i said before the signs of the transplant in the donor area are still visible 10 days ot two weeks after the surgery.

With fue you have an open wound on your head for a much longer period, you really cant say that the risk of infection is smaller, thats simple logic.

Right now a bad fue is 10x worse than a bad fut procedure.

[KSA91]

9 hours ago, jjalay said:

10 days after fue you are starting to gently massage the recipient area in order to remove the scabs

I don't know where you got this from...Most doctors say all the scabs/crusts/dry skin on the recipient area should be gone by the tenth day. Not on the tenth day!  All the massages and head washes that they teach you are usually started a couple of days before. And they usually are gone by themselves by the tenth day. The clinics even go on to say that if the scabs are still there by the tenth day you should physically remove them (the follicles are firmly in place by then) because they may cause problems.