Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)

 

FOLLICULAR UNIT: A follicular unit is a naturally occurring grouping of one, two, or three (and rarely, four) hair follicles found in the skin. The average follicular unit contains about 2.4 hairs.

 

 

FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION (FUE): Follicular Unit Extraction is a method of extracting single follicular units, one at a time, from the donor site by using a tiny punch excision. A punch used to extract single follicular units is typically 1mm diameter or less.

 

This technique is mostly utilized for body hair transplantation, scalp as well as repair of previously transplanted scalp.  One of the negative aspects of this technique is unable to perform mega sessions.