One of the leading problems that most of us are facing is hair loss. Now days it has been started at an early age also and its consequence leads to loss of confidence and stress. The solution left with us is hair transplant, which can be done through latest method or with some older procedure.

FUE Hair Transplant – A modern method

Follicular Unit Extraction helps us to have natural looking hair transplant. It is one of the latest technology and is becoming more popular day by day due to its positive results. Grafts of hair are planted to head areas where there is hair loss, known as recipient, and grafts are taken from head area where hair growth is good, known as donor. To duplicate natural hair growth they are implanted in groups 1 to 4 hairs. 

Major benefits includes:-

• It has minimum scarring as it is done with microsurgery. So one can have short hair.

• Procedure does not involve stitches. It can also help to hide linear scar from previous transplant procedures.

• Recovery is faster as compared to other methods.

• Follicle units can be taken from other body areas like chest, back, legs etc.

Hair Plugs – An older procedure

In this hair transplant surgery is done in which grafts are inserted into the scalp. The type of method to be used, included in this procedure, depends upon graft’s shape and its hair quantity like slit, micro, strip, punch and mini graft. 

This procedure can lead to unnatural appearance of hair due to the large size of graft and space is visible between transplanted hairlines. It also requires extra attention as it leaves scars and also have chances of bleeding.

Comparison

If we compare both the techniques then off course FUE has an upper hand. Session involved in FUE is lower as compared to Hair Plugs. If we talk about end results then hair transplanted through FUE are difficult to distinguish from natural hair. Similarities between both the methods include transplantation of real hair.

Those who have minimal hair at donor area or have soft scalp cannot opt for FUT (Follicular unit transplantation) and are left with option for FUE.

FUE method involves collecting follicles from the scalp and inserting them to recipient area whereas FUT involves removing a strip of tissue from donor area leaving a scar for life time.

Extraction in FUT method is quick as all the hair are removed at once whereas in FUE hair are extracted individually and takes more time. FUE involves more cost as compared to FUT.

How To Decide?

Decision regarding the selection depends upon the size of the thinning area, quality of donor hair and hair loss classification. The new NeoGraft FUE technique leads to lessen discomfort, minimized downtime and automated the process to reduce procedure time. It not only resulted in eliminating linear scar but also give more natural results due to low percentage of any error during the whole process. Consult with your physician for arriving at best possible procedure which suits your need.