Why Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is Becoming More Popular Amongst Balding Men
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) has become exceedingly popular in balding men who desire to keep their hair cropped short on the sides and back of their head. Though both Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) via microscopic dissection and FUE cause some scarring, the main advantage of FUE is that it does not create a linear scar

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For many balding men, there are several barriers to seeking surgical hair restoration. Among these are naturalness, successful growth, density, cost, and scarring. The idea that a standard strip procedure – follicular unit transplantation (FUT) will leave you with a linear scar typically stretching from ear to ear across the back of your head...
Surveys confirm surgical hair restoration has gained popularity amongst balding men and women looking for real hair restoration solutions over the last several years. In fact, the number of hair transplants performed worldwide has increased 26% since 2006 alone. State of the art hair transplant surgery has been divided into two distinct procedures,...
This question, asked by a member of the Hair Restoration Social Community and Discussion Forums, was answered by Spex – a senior member and consultant to Coalition physician Dr. Alan Feller: I’m wondering, if a hair loss patient was only going to undergo one type of hair transplant surgery, either follicular unit extraction (FUE) or follicular...
Follicular unit extraction (FUE) hair transplantation has becoming increasingly popular over the last couple of years for balding men in particular who don’t want the traditional linear scar that comes with follicular unit transplantation (FUT). While we believe the FUE procedure has a place in surgical hair restoration, its benefits are often overhyped...
Although hundreds of questions are asked and answered on the Hair Restoration Discussion Forums daily, the most common is likely hair loss patients asking how many follicular unit grafts are necessary to fill their balding scalp. Despite the fact that this question is quite common, it’s difficult to answer and unique to nearly every patient....
Follicular unit extraction (FUE) is becoming an increasingly popular hair transplant procedure for men who don’t want a linear strip scar. However, men with advanced hair loss are quickly learning that the available donor hair supply via FUE is typically less abundant than via follicular unit transplantation (FUT). Thus, follicular unit extraction...
This question comes from a member of the Hair Restoration Social Community and Discussion Forums: A past follicular unit transplantation procedure left me with a less than desirable hair transplant scar. I’m now investigating a scar revision procedure and I’m wondering the potential pitfalls and risks of this operation? Although revising...
This question comes from an interesting thread started on the Hair Restoration Discussion Forums: Which member has received the most follicular unit grafts throughout their series of hair transplant surgeries? How many grafts were available in your donor area? How many hair restoration procedures did it take? Although this topic is discussed quite...
The balding pattern in women suffering from androgenetic alopecia is different from the male pattern, which makes it more difficult to diagnose. Women lose their hair throughout the whole scalp, which is known as diffuse hair loss, and in the early stages it is less recognisable. Diffuse hair loss makes women bad candidates for hair transplantation...
This question, asked by a member of the Hair Loss Discussion Forums, was answered by Coalition physician Dr. Cam Simmons: If only one portion of my follicular unit transplantation (FUT) scar has stretched, is it better to solely revise the stretched section or the entire strip scar (including the non-stretched area)? If your only concern is the
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