Q. Is a Follicular Unit Extraction procedure with UGraft more expensive compared to strip surgery?
The cost of UGraft FUE  is higher. Advanced FUE with uGraft is far more labor intensive and sophisticated a procedure compared to strip surgery. It is also better than other FUE hair transplant techniques as highlighted by this video:

 

Each graft needs to be individually selected and excised as opposed to removing a single strip of tissue from the back or sides of the head which is then dissected to remove the follicular units.

 

Cost of UGraft FUE

The law only permits excisions to be performed by physicians.  In a strip surgery, the surgeon removes a long tissue from the patient’s scalp. Technicians are allowed to remove the individual grafts from the excised strip. However, every punch performed through FUE is considered an excision. Therefore, the extraction of donor follicles can only be performed by the doctor instead of being a team effort. This contributes to a longer surgical time frame.

Strip surgery can usually be done in 5-6 hours.  Follicular Unit Extraction usually requires more time.  And in cases that require more than 2,000 grafts (up to 25,000 when body hair is used) the procedure is divided into several sessions.

However, for many  patients, the (conventional and Advanced) justify the overall cost of Ugraft FUE.  No linear scar is created. And a greater number of grafts can be harvested for better coverage with FUE

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Dr. U holding his UGraft extraction technology which is connected to a foot pedal controlled water irrigation system for hands free graft retrieval.

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