Combined FUE/FUT

Combining FUE & FUT for Optimal Hair Restoration

 

Limited Donor Area Supply?

In some patients who have limited donor hair supply, where graft yield needs to be maximized and where the donor supply also needs to be protected for the future, it is often the best policy to combine FUT strip surgery harvesting with FUE technique harvesting to get the best of both worlds.

“Dr Nel not only restored my hairline and my confidence; he reversed and repaired my previous surgery that was botched by another surgeon.” – T. Walker

Combining FUT and FUE is Good in the Following Cases

Limited Donor Supply

Patients with limited donor supplies and large recipient areas where the maximum number of grafts need to be harvested in order to achieve the best possible aesthetic result, while still protecting the donor area from over-depletion.

Protecting The Donor Area

Patients where we simply want to harvest a specific number of grafts, e.g. 2500 grafts, but we do not want to be limited by what can be harvested via an FUT strip only.

This then enables us to do a relatively conservative FUT strip harvest with regard to the strip width, which allows for minimal wound closure tension and a thin scar line, camouflaged by trichophytic closure.

EG: We take a conservative strip width and length that delivers only 1800 grafts, and harvest the balance of 700 grafts via FUE technique. The grafts are harvested in a balanced and even way, protecting the donor area for the future.

5,000+ Hair Grafts Safely

Patients with good donor areas who want large amounts of grafts transplanted in one session, e.g. harvesting 5000 grafts or more.

This requires a near maximum FUT Strip harvest while still remaining within safe parameters as far as strip width is concerned, because the balance of the grafts can be harvested via FUE technique.

Using this approach, half the graft total can be harvested via FUT strip surgery and the other half via FUE technique. It enables a large amount of grafts, but a good balance is maintained by combining FUT and FUE harvests.