Is an FUE Hair Transplant Painless Or Non-Surgical?

Follicular [Unit] Extraction is every bit as surgical as a regular hair transplant. The only difference is [that] the incisions are little round holes, rather than one single line incision. So, of course it's surgery. With respect to the pain, we use anesthesia, so neither FUE or FUT have any discomfort whatsoever during the procedure. The difference is, after the procedure, a line scar, or a line incision, that is stapled closed will be more uncomfortable than individual holes. And that is really what the main difference is.

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