Help Me Understand The Truth About FUE Hair Transplants

I’ve been trying to research my hair transplant options and I’m starting to get really confused. According to what I read on the internet, FUE is the new state of the art hair transplant procedure to have. I read that it is noninvasive and leaves virtually no scar. However when I speak to so-called FUE experts who perform this type of hair transplant they all try to talk me out of it claiming that it is somehow an inferior procedure. I’m confused, these hair transplant surgeons all claim to perform FUE on their websites, but when I speak with them they try to talk me out of it. Can someone explain to me why this is the case and in truth FUE is the way to go these days?
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FUE is a new and exciting technique of hair transplantation, but it is not for everyone. FUE should be thought of as an adjunct to strip surgery, and not its replacement. And lets be clear about this, FUE is most certainly an “invasive” procedure. In some respects it’s even MORE invasive than strip. There is NO such thing as “non-invasive” surgery; and FUE surgery is certainly no exception.

I don’t know why clinics would claim to offer a technique and then try to talk interested patients out of it. Perhaps they are working on perfecting the technique but don’t yet feel confident enough to provide it to the public yet. Or maybe they just feel the amount of grafts you need would best be performed using the more popular strip method. Or perhaps they had an FUE doctor in the clinic who recently left. I don’t think it’s out of bounds to ask a physician what the specific reason is that you are being denied a procedure that they themselves advertise.

In my own clinic I get many patients who are misinformed about FUE and who visit just to book for this procedure. However, many times they are simply not candidates for this delicate procedure and so I offer them the strip as an alternative. Perhaps this has happened during one of your own consults.

FUE may be the way to go, but not necessarily the ONLY way. Visit with several doctors who have established themselves as consistent FUE surgeons by simply surfing the web and looking at the number of FUE cases they’ve done and the results they have been posting. It probably wouldn’t take more than an afternoon before you began to narrow your search down to 2 or 3 FUE doctors. Then go visit them.

Best of luck and grow well if you decide to go for it.

Dr. Alan Feller
Member, International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons

Dr. Alan Feller Dr. Alan S. Feller was born, raised, attended medical school, and practices in New York. He is one of the states leading and most experienced physicians in the field of modern hair transplantation. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Hair Transplant Surgery; a member and contributor to the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery since 1995; author of scientific papers covering hair transplantation as well as tissue regeneration; author and co-author of several U.S. patents, and inventor of new instrumentation and protocols for the hair transplant field. An accomplished inventor, patent holder, and amateur engineer, Dr. Feller entered the field of Hair Transplantation shortly after receiving his medical credentials from the University of the State of New York. With literally thousands of patients and over 1.5 million grafts transplanted, Dr. Feller stands as one of the few doctors in the United States who can claim exceptional expertise in the dynamic world of Hair transplantation. Through the years, Dr. Feller has trained many physicians from both the U.S. and abroad in the intricacies of modern hair transplantation techniques, and continues to offer professional seminars and workshops to physicians and their technicians in his Great Neck office. Dr. Feller is a member of the International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons and recommended by the American Hair Loss Association. Visit Dr. Feller's Website: www.fellermedical.com

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