Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT) at Koher Medical in High Point, NC

Follicular Unit Transplant is one of the two surgical methods that is used to restore one’s hair. It’s done by removing a strip of tissue from the permanent donor area. From there each hair follicle is carefully dissected to ensure graft survivability, our experience in doing this helps to minimize graft transection (damage to the hair follicle) After each hair follicle has been separated it is then placed into the recipient sites.

FUT is still a very popular option among patients. It has long been identified as the gold standard for hair transplantation. Women and Men with long we hair tend to choose this method because it’s not required to trim the donor area very short. One of the drawbacks seen with FUT is that it leaves a linear scar. Concerns surrounding the linear FUT scar is something we get asked about a lot. When we perform a FUT transplant we use a trichophytic closure after the incision is made, this results in a minimal linear scar. If the patient’s hair is at least ½” long this linear scar will always remain hidden.