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| Hey guys, Wanted to see what your opinion was about strip and FUE procedures. I know strip came first, but after the possibility of the scar on a 2 or below guard, FUE picked up demand and has been pretty reliable. What are your experiences thoughts on this?
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| FUE has been practiced since the mid 90's and in the past 6 + years many doctors across the globe now practice the procedure. There are those that say FUE leads to poor yield/less growth than FUE. It's a tricky procedure and if the doctor does not master it correctly this is possible. But the truth is the negative remarks on FUE by proud strip patients and their clinics stem from the the strip doctors unwillingness to learn and adapt to this better procedure. They want potential patients to believe that they would be better off with strip, even calling it 'the gold standard.' The gold standard is quite a harsh surgery however where a large flap of your scalp is cut off and trashed away. For me, it is still too reminiscient of the butchery of HT surgeries typical of the 70's and 80's and sometimes unfortunately even today. In the medical field, when surgeons develop a new type of surgery that is minimally invasive they will always make this the gold standard and abandon the older surgery, as long as the results are equal. If the new method means much more work, the medical field still favors it because performing a minimally invasive surgery is in the best interest of the patients. Strip doctors still do strip because it is in the best interest of the strip doctor and not the patients. Strip is easy, quick and they have been performing it for 15 years or more. Their business is a success and they feel no need to change it. That being said I find no fault if a patient decides to go for strip with a well-informed decision. It certainly is cheaper and if a scar does not bother the patient then it is ok. However, I hope no one takes a strip over FUE because they believe falsely that they will get a better result with strip. It's just no true.
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| correction (u can't edit posts on this forum?) 2nd sentence should read:
There are those that say FUE leads to poor yield/less growth than strip.
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| In my opinion FUE is the best way to go. I have had a couple of strip surgeries and a couple of FUE surgeries. My experience with the strip was ok (except for the pain!) until my donor area became infected. It left me with a scar roughly 1" high that was horrible!!! I have since had to get 3 scar revisions in order to reduce the scar. I have now had 2 FUE procedures at the Armani clinic and was thrilled with the experience, both in terms of the ease of the actual procedure as well as the amazing results. Dr. Armani also performed the scar revisions from the strip procedure (from another doc who I will not name). The results from the FUE also seemed to be a bit better in my opinion.
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| Both have advantages. If you need a larger session, say 5,000 grafts in a single day strip might be better as you can get more grafts in one day. But it will leave you with a strip scar in the back and takes longer to heal then FUE. Both produce nice results. Fue is a little more expensive, but no scarring.
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