The only difference here is the method of extracting the donor hair. It certainly is not a more advanced technique nor does it have any advantage as far as the transplanted hair is concerned. In FUE, the individual follicular units are extracted using on average 0.8 - 1mm ‘drill bits’. Instead of one fine-line scar, there will be a large number of very small dot scars. It is a lot more time consuming and therefore more limited in the number of grafts possible to transplant in a session making it more expensive. When perfected, new automated instruments will make this process easier. 

In our opinion, this method may be appropriate where a small number of hairs are required or where the strip method is not possible due to extensive old style previous transplants. Another application could be where a person desires an extremely short hair cut and prefers not to have a line scar or where hair needs to be harvested from other body parts. It could be used to refine old style plug surgery. It is unfortunate that in some quarters FUE has been promoted as a ‘scar-less’ transplant.