Abstract
Follicular unit grafts can be harvested using two methods: strip follicular unit transplantation
and follicular unit excision. Each method can generate outstanding results, but both
are uniquely different with respect to the advantages and disadvantages they offer.
Devising a sound surgical plan is instrumental to assure that a patient's short-term
and long-term goals can be met, but creating the best plan possible for the graft
harvest process is not straightforward. This paper will review the various advantages
and disadvantages of each graft harvest method, along with their short-term and long-term
ramifications, so as to provide insight into the process by which a sound surgical
plan can be developed for any patient seeking surgical hair restoration.
Keywords
linear strip excision (LSE) - follicular unit excision (FUE) - surgical plan - safe
donor area (SDA) - donor scarring - graft yield
