Q: Can you shave your scalp after a hair transplant with FUE without noticing scarring in the donor area?
A: Although there is no line scar in follicular unit extraction, there are tiny round ones. You can clip your hair very short after FUE, however, shaving your head will make the very fine white scarring visible.
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Does Hair Transplant with Follicular Unit Extraction Leave Scar?
August 15th, 2005Dr. Bernstein Is Lead Author Of Follicular Unit Transplantation Article In ‘Dermatologic Clinics’
July 28th, 2005
“Dermatologic Clinics” is a hard-cover quarterly peer review publication with comprehensive, state-of-the-art information by experts in the field of dermatology. In a 2005 issue entitled “Advanced Cosmetic Surgery”, Dr. Bernstein is lead author of the article: “Follicular Unit Transplantation: 2005.”
This valuable contribution to the field of surgical hair restoration explores techniques and best practices of the surgical procedure known as Follicular Unit Transplantation that Dr. Bernstein pioneered and is now considered the state-of-the-art in hair transplant surgery.
What are Follicular Unit Transplantation and Follicular Unit Extraction, and How do They Differ?
June 21st, 2005Q: What is Follicular Unit Transplantation and how is it different from Follicular Unit Extraction?
A: Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation, called FUT for short, is a procedure where hair is transplanted in the naturally occurring groups of one to four hair follicles. These individual groups of hair, or units, are dissected from a single donor strip [...]
Can One Have Hair Transplant Using Both Follicular Unit Transplantation and Follicular Unit Extraction?
May 19th, 2005Q: Is it possible to use the strip technique with the extraction technique together? If so, would that hide the scar enough for me to wear my hair really short?
A: The combination of Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) and Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) used the way you are suggesting does make sense and is actually how [...]
Can One Have Hair Transplant Using Follicular Unit Extraction on Beard Hair?
May 18th, 2005Q: Can you use beard hair for a hair transplant using Follicular Unit Extraction?
A:It is possible to use beard hair for a hair transplant, but there are three main differences between harvesting from the donor area and harvesting from the beard that should be taken into account. These are: 1) scarring 2) ease of extraction [...]
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