I had my second FUT last Monday...The nerv regeneration pain around the sutures is unbarable woke me up at 4am few nights ago but they say its normal healing process. The doc in NYC got 3,100 graphs...1 Graph on average is 2.5 hairs (A graph has 1-4 hairs). I should be all set after this....I didn''t have male patter baldness I lost 50% of my hair after a relationship ended in my late 20's that invovled a death...Over 2-3 months after the relationship huge shock loss because I didn't handle the stress well. Only about 20% of the 50% loss grew back so I got the hair trasplants to go after that 30%...Today is day 9 after surgery I get the stiches out tomorrow. The doc did both FUT and FUE for 12k.... The first surgery 7 years ago was FUT only 2,000 Graphs it re set my hairline and set a good frame but I still had some patches of thining in the mid scalp I used those Topick fibers to fill it in when I was out in public never used the rogain stuff as I knew the hair loss was stress not genetic. The first Transplant with the fibers kept me going and got me to this point but the Pandemic is ending im single and by Late June/July should be g2g. The middle patches/thin area made me look like I was recovering from chemo. The doc reenforced the hairline andfilled in the thin areas and did alittle at the crown. If you do not need over 2,000 you can just get FUE but if you need like 2,500 Graphs+ you need the strip from back of head FUT.
The way it works is you have a donor area and a receipient area. If you see 60+ year olds you see they have hair that is in the back of their head that goes from ear to ear that stays till they die this si the donor area. The hair folicals is these area are NOT effected by DHT/Hormones that cause baldness so they take from this aread and put in the area where the hair folicals are effected the recipiant area. If you donor area from ear to ear in the back is thick you should be good to go. The doctor should use PRP treatment DURING the surgery to aid in healing you don't need to go after just let the shyt heal. A free cheap way to aid in healing and keep your hair healthy is 2-3 times a week a 15-20 minute scalp massage with a good hair oil (wait a month after surgery before you do this to not damage the transplanted graphs)...Thats it...Gets a good transplant or two and after it healed message your scalp 2-3 times a week. Best of luck......