FUT Hair Transplant in London
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Follicular Unit Transplantation
FUT is a hair transplant technique in which a narrow strip of hair-bearing scalp is removed from the donor area and carefully dissected into individual follicular-unit grafts for transplantation. It remains a powerful option for patients who need a larger number of grafts, want to preserve the wider donor area, or are better suited to a strip-based harvesting approach.
Why patients choose FUT
FUT can deliver a high graft yield from a defined donor strip, making it especially useful in more extensive restoration. Because the surrounding donor area is not individually harvested in the same way as FUE, more of that wider donor zone can remain available for future treatment.
It can also be performed without shaving a large area of the donor scalp, which makes it particularly attractive to patients with longer hair who want the donor area to remain discreet during recovery.
Microscopic graft dissection
After the donor strip is removed, it is dissected under magnification into naturally occurring follicular units. Single-hair grafts can be reserved for delicate areas such as the frontal hairline, while larger follicular units can be used to build density and coverage behind it.
This careful graft preparation allows the surgical team to use the different follicular units strategically rather than treating every graft as interchangeable.
The FUT scar
FUT leaves a linear scar in the donor area. The quality of strip selection, wound closure and scar placement all influence how discreet that scar becomes once the surrounding hair grows back.
For many patients, one carefully placed linear scar hidden beneath longer hair is preferable to distributing thousands of individual extraction sites across the donor area.
Who can benefit from FUT?
Older patients
FUT can be a powerful option for older patients, particularly where a larger number of grafts is needed to restore more advanced hair loss.
Women
For some women, FUT can be especially attractive because it avoids distributing thousands of individual extraction sites across the donor area. One carefully placed linear scar can often be concealed beneath longer hair while preserving the surrounding donor appearance.
Higher graft requirements
In some cases, FUE alone cannot safely provide the number of grafts needed without placing too much demand on the donor area. FUT can allow a larger number of grafts to be obtained from a defined donor strip, making it a strong option for more extensive restoration.
Patients who struggle with prolonged face-down positioning
FUT can also be useful for patients who find it difficult to remain face-down for long periods, because the strip-harvesting stage can be carried out without the prolonged prone positioning often associated with FUE extraction.
FUT and combination procedures
FUT can play a major role in combination procedures. FUT and FUE can be used together to increase the total graft supply available for restoration, particularly in high-graft-demand cases where relying on one harvesting method alone would limit the result.
Hairline design and recipient-site precision
The harvesting method is only one part of the procedure. Natural-looking results depend on the way recipient sites are designed and created, the angle and direction of transplanted hairs, and how grafts are distributed across the restoration.
Our doctors use precise recipient-site creation and detailed hairline planning to support dense, natural-looking results that complement the patient’s features.
Specialist FUT expertise
Our FUT cases are led by doctors with specific experience in strip harvesting, donor management and surgical hair restoration. The focus is on achieving strong graft yield while making intelligent use of the available donor supply.
What happens next
Your consultation includes assessment of your hair-loss pattern, donor density, scalp characteristics, hairstyle preferences and graft requirements. From there, we determine whether FUT, FUE or a combination approach offers the strongest restoration strategy.