When researching hair transplantation it’s important to know that there is more than one hair transplant technique available to transplant hair. The three main techniques are follicular unit transplantation (FUT), follicular unit extraction (FUE), and body hair transplantation (BHT). The application of these techniques depends on your needs and the depth of your wallet. Read and learn what others have to say about various techniques, their effectiveness, and their costs.

Following is a broad overview of hair transplant, their application, and their cost (as of this posting):

  • Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT by strip)

    In follicular unit transplantation, a strip of tissue containing hair is removed from the back of the head and grafts (groups of hair) are removed in their naturally occurring bundles (1-4 hair groups). FUT is widely considered the safest, most efficient method with both the highest yield and lowest rate of transection (cutting or damage). Top clinics around the world use FUT because it is reliable, more grafts can be taken in a single surgical session, and it is less costly than other methods.

    Read an article by Pat Hennessy (publisher of Hair Transplant Network ) about Ultra-Refined Follicular Unit Transplants and why he considers Hasson & Wong the “gold standard” in follicular unit transplantation.

    Cost: £ 3,000- £ 13,000

  • Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)

    In follicular unit extraction, hair is extracted from the donor area by means of a punch tool. Grafts are extracted one at a time. A small punch first scores the skin and a second larger punch removes the graft.

    Follicular unit extraction is regarded as “blind harvesting” because the hair transplant doctor cannot see the graft as he is removing it. Because of this, transection rates (accidental cutting of grafts) and graft damage are higher than in follicular unit transplantation. In follicular unit transplantation, transection rates are low because doctors score only the edge of the donor area is scored and then grafts are dissected out of the tissue using stereoscopic dissecting microscopes. In FUE, danger of transection exists with each and every graft removed.

    FUE is slow and laborious, and in the end, the patient pays for that time.

    Cost: £ 3,000 – £ 30,000

    Read about the effectiveness of FUE from Hair Transplant Network in impartial education source and creator of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Surgeons.

  • Body Hair Transplantation (BHT)

    Currently, BHT is a highly experimental and controversial procedure, unproven as a method, with marginal results at best. Only when a patient cannot have a hair transplant by other accepted, proven methods, should they resort to BHT. Body hair is much different than scalp hair, it is finer, kinky or curly, and has a different growth cycle than scalp hair.

    Body hair is easily damaged when removed from body tissue. The amount of hair required to obtain a barely acceptable result is often ove 30,000 grafts. Doctors who perform BHT use a punch tool similar to that employed in FUE. Like FUE, BHT is a blind harvesting hair transplant technique, the punch tool obscures the graft from view, increasing the likelihood of damage or transection. BHT, in the opinion of many, just doesn’t work to provide an acceptable result. Few BHT clinics post more than a handful of results on their websites, and even those results are marginal at best. Because of the large number of grafts that have to be removed, BHT is the most time consuming and also most costly of hair transplant techniques.

    Cost: £ 6,500 – £ 65,000

    Read more about the effectiveness of BHT on Hair Transplant Medical.

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