https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/67044…
This patient came to Dr. Arocha after a failed attempt at FUE from another clinic. If you look at the "before" images, this patient has visible scarring in the donor area at the back of his head. The threshold for visible detection is a .9 mm punch - using anything larger might be easier, but it leaves the patient with visible scarring, defeating the whole purpose of doing FUE in the the first place. Additionally, the result is incredibly sparse and unnatural looking. Dr. Arocha decided to move forward with an FUE on this particular patient, using our manual, .9 mm. punch. He used 1500 grafts to add density to the hairline, as well as conceal the unnatural-looking grafts the patient had from his previous FUE procedure. Nine months later, and this result is much more natural looking, and the patient is more confident - growing his hair out long again. Moral of the story: beware of clinics that allow their technicians to perform an entire procedure from start to finish. The doctor should always be the one making the sites (not the technicians), and ask about the punch size used during the procedure (this can impact the amount of visible scarring).
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