Which Technique First FUE & FUT hair transplant technique

Hair Transplant
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» Strip being part of the equation may sound logical for the reason stated
» above but I saw someone at the mall earlier today and I am sure he would
» not be agreeing with this. Seeing how old he looked, I would think he had a
» strip done 6 to 8 years ago when he probably had a much better donor hair
» density. Today he is a Norwood 7 and his strip scar can be seen very very
» easily! He has no hope of ever being repaired unless he can FUE some body
» hair into his donor area.
»
» Yesterday, at work, I spotted someone who had a strip scar that was
» clearly visible. Strangely, his donor area wasn’t thinned out nor was his
» hair cut very short but that strip scar still showed thru. Again, I don’t
» see this person agreeing with strip being part of the equation.
»
» I am reading so many people in these forums going back to REPAIR their
» scars. I am reading many who wished they never had a strip.
»
» Yes, some may say there are candidates for strip but this equation isn’t
» as simple nor as clear as it may appear.

Did his scar stretch? I have a strip scar but thankfully it is very thin, mine did not stretch. A lot depends on the patient’s physiology. Some people I have spoken with took very good care of their strip scars, they didn’t return to exercise to quickly etc… but their scar just stretched in parts and is noticeable no matter what.

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» I think if both procedures are performed correctly FUE’s benefits outweight
» strip benefits by far.The dilemma in my opinion is only applicable on
» people who have the laxity for a strip megasession of 4000 grafts plus.
»
» For people that dont have the laxity for these numbers i dont think there
» is a real dilemma, assuming that you go to a great doctor that knows what
» he is doing with FUE and really pays attention to the procedure and its
» details.
»
» There is poor growth from strip and there is poor growth from FUE, it can
» happen, the advantage is that if all things go wrong then you can get away
» more easily with FUE.But you dont go out totally unharmed there will be
» scarring of some short in both cases.ITs just that small dots are better
» than smiley scars even if they are very thin.

The risk of looking like a freak when you get older is a big factor, so fue is hands down a winner there, the only downside to fue is the price, it is easily twice as expensive as strip.

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*** “Did his scar stretch?” ***

The first person did for sure but he never stood a chance. It would have showed either way because he is now one of those Norwood 7s that has a very low donor density. What made his head look even worse is that he had some hair all over his head but at an extremely low density. Maybe he may have had a decent HT originally but looking at his donor it must have just thinned out. I think he would look better if he shaved his (recipient) hair down.

As for the person at work it may have stretched as the “white” outline was clearly visible but it showed more at certain angles. Initially it was the indentation in the donor area that gave it away. It made me know he had a HT done.