There are two methods of harvesting follicular units from the donor area. The “gold standard” of obtaining donor hair is by removing a narrow strip of hair and separating out the follicular units under direct vision using a stereoscopic microscope. The area is then sutured closed using an advanced plastic surgical technique called trichophytic closure that is most likely to leave a fine linear scar. This technique is referred to as Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT).
The other method, Follicular Unit Excision (FUE), differs in that the follicular units are removed individually using a fine circular instrument resulting in hundreds or thousands of small round holes that heal by themselves leaving very small scars. Dr. Cohen exclusively uses the ARTAS® Robotic Hair Restoration System for FUE.
These results are natural because by transplanting follicular units the surgeon is copying nature, hair for hair.