Follicular Unit Extraction in Edinburgh
FUE hair transplantation removes individual follicular-unit grafts from a suitable donor area before placing them into carefully planned recipient sites in areas affected by thinning or hair loss.
Treatment planning should consider your hair-loss diagnosis, donor supply, hair characteristics, recipient area, graft requirements, medical history and possible future hair loss.
Understanding FUE surgery
Follicular Unit Extraction is a hair-transplant method where naturally occurring follicular units are removed individually from the donor area and transferred into the planned recipient area.
Small punches are used to separate suitable follicular units from the surrounding donor tissue. The grafts are then checked, prepared and placed into recipient sites.
Recipient-site design should account for hair angle, direction, spacing, distribution, existing hair and possible future loss.
Surgeon-led consultation
Tell us which area of hair loss you would like to discuss. The Edinburgh clinic team will contact you about arranging an assessment.
Patient and donor assessment
Suitability depends on more than the visible size of the thinning area. The donor area must support an appropriate treatment plan without being overharvested.
Donor-area preservation
The number of follicular units within the safe donor area must be assessed before graft numbers are proposed.
Hair calibre, curl, colour contrast and follicular grouping affect the visual coverage possible.
Grafts should be distributed across the safe zone rather than concentrated within a small area.
Donor supply should be preserved where future natural hair loss or another procedure may be possible.
Surgeon-led planning
Dr Kalra assesses the hair-loss pattern, donor area, scalp health, hair characteristics, medical history, treatment objectives and potential future progression.
Consultation should compare FUE with DHI, FUT, monitoring and appropriate non-surgical treatments rather than assuming one method is suitable for every patient.
Treatment stages
The exact procedure varies according to the donor area, recipient area, graft requirements, hair characteristics and individual treatment plan.
Hair loss, donor supply, scalp condition, medical history and goals are reviewed.
The hairline, frontal area, temples, crown or combined areas are planned.
The planned donor and recipient areas are numbed for the procedure.
Individual follicular units are removed across the planned safe donor area.
Extracted grafts are checked, handled carefully and organised for placement.
Grafts are placed according to the intended direction, angle, spacing and density.
Compare techniques
The appropriate technique depends on donor supply, treatment area, graft requirements, hair characteristics, scarring preferences and long-term planning.
Individual follicular units are removed from the donor area and placed into planned recipient sites.
Usually uses FUE-style donor extraction followed by placement with an implanter device.
A strip of donor scalp is removed and separated into individual follicular-unit grafts.
Treatment-area planning
Hairline design should be age-appropriate and consider possible future hair loss.
View Hairline TransplantCrown work requires careful graft distribution around the natural whorl.
View Crown TransplantTemple restoration requires fine grafts and precise angle and directional control.
View Temple TransplantSelected female-pattern cases may be considered after the cause of thinning is assessed.
View Female Hair TransplantFUE grafts may be used for selected patchy or sparse facial-hair areas.
View Beard TransplantEyebrow transplantation requires careful donor selection and shallow graft placement.
View Eyebrow TransplantHealing and gradual growth
Patients should expect an early visible healing stage, possible temporary shedding and gradual development over the following months.
Redness, swelling, small scabs and donor-area tenderness may occur.
Implanted hairs may shed after healing before later growth develops.
New growth may appear gradually and can initially look fine or uneven.
Hair thickness, texture and visual density continue developing over later months.
Personalised quotation
FUE cost should follow an assessment of the donor area, treatment area, safe graft availability and complexity of the proposed treatment plan.
Patient feedback
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Common patient questions
FUE stands for Follicular Unit Extraction. Individual follicular-unit grafts are removed from the donor area before being placed into the planned recipient area.
No. FUE avoids the long linear scar associated with FUT but can leave multiple small circular extraction marks within the donor area.
Donor grafts are normally selected from suitable areas at the back and sides of the scalp, depending on the individual donor pattern.
Selected hairline cases may be treated when the donor area is suitable and the proposed design accounts for age and future loss.
FUE may be used for selected crown cases, but the crown can require substantial graft numbers and careful whorl-direction planning.
Neither method is automatically better. DHI normally uses FUE-style extraction with a different placement approach.
Yes. Excessive or poorly distributed extraction can leave the donor area visibly thin, patchy or uneven.
Some implanted hairs may shed before gradual new growth develops. Timing, density and maturation vary between patients.
Cost depends on the treatment area, estimated graft requirement, donor suitability, procedure complexity and aftercare arrangements.
No. Graft survival, growth, density, healing, scarring and final appearance vary between patients.
Related information
Start with an assessment
Discuss your hair-loss pattern, donor supply, graft requirements, treatment design, costs, recovery and realistic expectations before deciding whether FUE surgery is suitable.
