: In over 1500 cases of our strip procedure 5 to 10% of patients have experienced complications unique to FUT such as wide linear scar, stitch infection, stitch give way, longer recovery time, delayed healing, painful scar, hypertrophied scar, sensory loss, and most patients cannot flaunt short hair style, and had at least 3 weeks restricted activity after HT. In FUT there is Loss of exogen follicles in dustbin, limitation of white hair dissection, inability of selectively removing single or multi hair grafts and there is distortion of hair direction around the strip scar as well as the hairs of trichophytic closure. Subsequent stage closure becomes more difficult. FUE patients who had strip procedure before certainly appreciate the difference well because healing period is less than a week, and are mostly pain free and can do physical activity much sooner and can show off short hair style too. FUE with minimal assault can avoid such inadequacies; FUE can use donor area more uniformly and does not distort the hairs and can transfer more hairs where needed and with less follicles and can select single or fine hairs for eye brow, hair line etc. In situations such as wide or multiple scar revision, 2nd and 3rd procedure in tight scalp, limited scalp donor, people in army or professional athlete etc. only FUE is at their rescue.moreover mega sessions up to 3000 plus grafts by FUE in one day has become reality and even FUE in unshaven head has become reality and probably cost may come down with more practitioners. Increasing understanding of BHT may provide unlimited donor in future and practically there is no contraindications of FUE which may replace FUT completely in future as the increasing demand is already showing the trend.

1. Dr. Bishan Mahadevia M.Ch. (Plastic Surgeon) Ahmedabad FUE Mega session- can it replace strip in future? No disclosure

7. Density = 70 /cm2 6000 / 70 = 85.7 sq. cm. removed 85.7 /2 = 42.85 cm2 stretch to the scalp side 42.85 x 25 = 1071 grafts needed Theoretically increases the bald area by stretching and increasing the need by at least 800 to 1000 grafts in class 6 and 7 Alopecia Extension

14. Problems unique to strip harvesting- often under estimated Tram & Wide scar

16. Short video on FUE in Unshaven head