Abstract
Strip harvesting has been the standard donor harvesting technique in hair transplantation for the past two decades, despite FUE gaining popularity due to its promise of a noninvasive minor surgery with diffuse scarring, compared to a linear scar from strip excision. Strip harvesting is direct excision and, if performed in good hands, can produce minimal follicular transection of less than 2% with a scar that is almost invisible in majority of cases. Grafts are prepared under stereomicroscopic dissection with minimal transection.
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Pathomvanich, D. (2018). Strip Harvesting (FUT). In: Pathomvanich, D., Imagawa, K. (eds) Practical Aspects of Hair Transplantation in Asians. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56547-5_19
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