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Every FUE at our clinic starts with a proper diagnosis and a hairline designed for your face, angle, direction and density, drawn before a single graft is placed.
Last updated August 2026
Before and after photographs from procedures performed at our clinic.
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FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) moves your hair one follicular unit at a time: extracted from the permanent donor area with a micro-punch, then implanted through channels opened with sapphire-tip blades. No strip of scalp removed, no linear scar, and a recovery measured in days, not weeks.
Both move your own hair. The difference is how it leaves the donor area, and what that leaves behind.
One follicular unit at a time, spread across the donor zone
A strip of scalp, later stitched closed
Share of practice: ISHRS member survey, self-reported 2021 case mix. Graft survival between the two is not settled by comparative studies, so we do not claim one grows better.
One real patient, photographed at each stage of the same journey at our clinic.
We map your hair loss pattern and measure your donor area.
Your new hairline is drawn for your face: angle, direction and density decided before surgery.
Units are extracted one by one and placed into sapphire-cut channels inside the design.
PRP supports recovery, and our supervision follows your hair for five years. See how we protect the rest of your hair.
Why “Design” Is in Our Name
Grafts alone do not make a transplant look natural. Where the line sits, which way each hair points and which follicle goes where do. We decide all three with you, in the mirror, before the first channel is opened.
Two hairlines can use the same grafts and look nothing alike. Yours starts from your forehead and temples, then adjusts to your age and to where your loss is heading.
Angle is how much a hair lifts from the skin. Direction is where it points. The channel fixes both, and neither can be styled away later.
| Zone | Angle and direction |
|---|---|
| Frontal hairline | 15–20°, pointing forward |
| Frontotemporal corner | 10–15°, turning from forward to down and outward |
| Temples | 5–10°, almost flat, toward the ear |
| Mid-scalp | 30–45°, pointing toward the nose |
| Crown | Follows your own whorl |
Exit angles per Shapiro & Shapiro, 2013. No hair is placed perpendicular to the scalp.
Follicular units carry one, two or three hairs. Where each kind goes keeps the front soft and the back full.
Before we draw, we weigh with you:
The younger you are and the more loss ahead, the more conservative the line. If you ask for one lower than will age well, we tell you and show you why.
A sapphire-tip blade is a synthetic sapphire point used to open the tiny channels each graft is placed into. It is the blade we use on every FUE at the clinic.
A sapphire point about a millimeter wide opens a fine slit at the angle your hair already grows.
Each unit goes into a slit that matches its size, with the tissue around the follicle intact.
Whether sapphire outperforms steel has not been settled by comparative studies. We use it for the precision it gives our team, not because we can promise you a number.
What we usually plan, by stage of hair loss. Your own number is set at your consultation.
For receding temples we usually plan 2,500 to 3,000 grafts, and the number rises with each stage. Our largest single session so far: 5,500.
Typical plans at the clinic, not a rule: donor density, hair caliber and your goals move the number. You get your count and price in writing at the consultation.
Where are you on the Norwood scale? →The procedure runs under local anesthesia: you are awake, comfortable, and most patients describe pressure rather than pain. The first night brings mild soreness, eased by the medication your provider prescribes.
No linear scar, ever. That is the point of FUE. The micro-punch marks in the donor area are under a millimeter and disappear from view once your hair grows to normal length.
Desk work: usually 1–3 days. The implanted zone shows redness and scabbing for 7–10 days, so plan video calls or a hat-friendly schedule around week one. Gym waits about two weeks.
The hair we move keeps the DHT resistance of your donor zone. The hair we did not move keeps its own genetics.
What we recommend
Nutrafol® is a 100% drug-free supplement, shown in clinical studies to improve hair growth*. We are an official partner and keep it stocked at the clinic.
The hair we move
The follicles come from the back and sides of your head, where hair is naturally resistant to DHT. They keep that resistance after we place them, which is why a transplant lasts in a way that treatments alone do not.
The hair around it
The hair we did not move was never DHT-resistant, and pattern loss keeps working on it at whatever pace your own genetics set.
Included either way
Your procedure includes five years of follow-up. We watch your transplant grow in, we watch the rest of your hair, and we tell you what we see.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. We are an official Nutrafol® partner and may be compensated for purchases.
A full head of hair in one day. This patient needed the maximum, and placing every graft in a single session took a team of four working on him at once.
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A session this size is only possible with more hands: four of us extracting, sorting and placing at the same time, so the whole plan fits in one day and one recovery.
Sessions this size are unusual: about 2% of ISHRS members report a typical case of 4,000 grafts or more (2025 census). We plan them within the ISHRS donor-safety guidance so the donor area keeps its density, and the design still comes first.
See more hair transplant before & afters →No mystery, no surprises. This is exactly how your day at the clinic goes.
You arrive, complete the clinic documents, and we answer any last questions. No rush.
Your new hairline is drawn and confirmed with you in the mirror. Then we prep the donor area and apply the local anesthesia.
You lie face down while we work on the donor area at the back of your head. You are numb and comfortable, and most patients listen to music the whole time.
We pause, you eat and stretch your legs, and the team preps the implantation phase.
Each unit is placed into a sapphire-cut channel at the angle and direction your own hair grows, following the design agreed in the morning.
We walk you through every aftercare step and hand you your care kit: the wash shampoo and everything else your recovery needs. Then you go home.
The complete package, explained
Your grafts do not travel alone. On surgery day we prepare PRP from a small sample of your own blood and apply it to the scalp where the grafts go.
Sources: Garg, J Cutan Aesthet Surg 2016 (40 patients); Uebel, Plast Reconstr Surg 2006 (20 patients). Small studies, and a recent systematic review calls the evidence promising but limited, so we present PRP as support for your transplant, not as a guarantee.
More about PRP at the clinic →Two nurse practitioners licensed for the procedure, and the two assistants who work alongside them. On a large session, all four are on your case.
Eddy Jimenez CruzAPRN
Jeandy B. Diaz GomezAPRN
Alicia Marie SastreMedical Assistant
Yraydee UrbanoClinical Medical AssistantFour stages, one calendar. Timing varies from person to person.
The first weeksMost transplanted hairs shed. It looks like a step backward and it is expected.
Around month 3Regrowth begins. Fine at first, then thicker.
Months 6 to 12Density keeps building. This is when people around you notice.
Month 12We evaluate the result together, photo against photo.
Shedding in the first weeks and regrowth around month three are the pattern described in the literature; no two scalps keep the same calendar.
Day-by-day aftercare guide →We do not do the transplant and wave goodbye. Your procedure includes a follow-up program of up to five years: the same team follows your growth, adjusts what needs adjusting and answers the phone, from the first wash to the settled result.
The program is part of the price of every transplant, whichever session size you need.
From $2,500
A 1,000-graft session is $2,500. Most full sessions are 4,000–4,500 grafts: $10,000–$11,250 at our regular $2.50 per graft, or $6,000–$6,750 on the current $1.50-per-graft special. Financing from $175/month.
No linear scar. Each unit is extracted with a micro-punch under one millimeter wide; the tiny dot marks vanish from view once donor hair grows to normal length. That is the defining difference from the older FUT strip technique.
It runs under local anesthesia. You are awake and comfortable, and most patients describe pressure rather than pain. Mild first-night soreness is normal and covered by the included medication.
A 2,000–3,500 graft session typically takes six to eight hours with breaks, completed in one day. Even our maximum 5,500-graft sessions finish in a single day.
Transplanted hairs shed in the first weeks, completely normal. New growth starts around month 3–4, visible density builds from month 6, and the final result arrives at 12 months. We follow the whole journey with you.
FUT removes a strip of scalp and leaves a permanent linear scar; FUE extracts follicular units one by one and leaves tiny dots that are not visible with short hair. FUE also means less downtime, which is why it is all we perform, always with sapphire-tip blades. Graft survival between the two is not settled by comparative studies, so we do not claim one grows better.
It depends on your stage of loss, donor density and goals. For receding temples (Norwood III) we usually plan 2,500 to 3,000 grafts, and the number rises with each stage. Our largest single session so far was 5,500 grafts. Your exact number is set at your consultation.
No. A hair transplant only works with your own hair. Follicles from another person are rejected by your immune system, the same way a donated organ would be without lifelong anti-rejection drugs, so hair from a relative or a friend is not an option. Every graft we place comes from your own permanent donor area.
Beard hair can, when the scalp donor area is not enough on its own. Beard hairs are thick and survive extraction well, so they are usually placed in the crown or mid-scalp to add coverage, not along the hairline, where their texture would stand out. Chest and other body hair is finer and grows shorter, with a less predictable yield, so it is a last resort. Whether any of this applies to you is settled at the consultation, once we have looked at your scalp donor area.
Yes. You draw it with us in the mirror before surgery. We bring the measurements that keep it natural as you age; you bring what you want to see. If the line you ask for is lower or straighter than will hold up, we tell you and show you the alternative first. How we design a hairline.
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