It yields the highest graft count per session and preserves follicles well, at the cost of a linear scar. This page covers the fut hair transplant appointment itself — what is prepared beforehand, what happens in the chair, and what the first hours afterwards feel like. Plan for 1 day, 5-7 hours and 4-5 days.
A full session runs 6-8 hours including a lunch break, split into extraction and implantation phases. Larger graft counts take longer rather than being rushed. Local anaesthetic is injected across the donor and recipient zones, often with a vibration or pressure device to blunt the first injections; you are awake, watching films or on your phone for most of the day. General anaesthetic is neither used nor needed. It yields the highest graft count per session and preserves follicles well, at the cost of a linear scar.
Your scan or photographs are reviewed in person against the remote plan. It yields the highest graft count per session and preserves follicles well, at the cost of a linear scar.
Grafts are extracted one follicular unit at a time with punches of 0.7-0.9 mm; punch size and extraction pattern determine whether the donor thins visibly.
Units are sorted by hair count under magnification and held in a chilled holding solution — time out of the body is what governs graft survival.
Incisions are made at the natural exit angle and density, then grafts are placed singly at the hairline and in multi-hair units behind it.
It yields the highest graft count per session and preserves follicles well, at the cost of a linear scar.
You leave with written aftercare and the follow-up schedule fixed — for this option that means 4-5 days, with 1 day, 5-7 hours in total.
Local anaesthetic is injected across the donor and recipient zones, often with a vibration or pressure device to blunt the first injections; you are awake, watching films or on your phone for most of the day. General anaesthetic is neither used nor needed.
A full session runs 6-8 hours including a lunch break, split into extraction and implantation phases. Larger graft counts take longer rather than being rushed.
Turkish law requires the incisions and implantation to be performed by a doctor; technicians assist with extraction under supervision. Ask for the doctor's name and how many cases they personally run per day — a surgeon on more than two cases a day is not doing your case personally.
Your scalp feels tight, the donor area stings, and the recipient zone is dotted with pinpoint scabs. Facial and forehead swelling appears on day two or three, not immediately. You sleep semi-upright with a travel pillow.
Cost and alternatives for FUT Hair Transplant.
Compare vs alternatives → See full cost breakdown →A fine line, usually hidden under hair longer than about 1 cm. Under a clipper grade 2 it will be visible.
Graft yield. For very large cases with limited donor, strip harvesting can produce more usable follicles.
The number should come from a densitometer reading of your donor, not from a photo estimate. Over-harvesting a donor cannot be undone.
Incisions and hairline design are the doctor's work. Ask what the technicians do and how many cases run in parallel that day.
Smaller punches and a hypothermic holding solution both correlate with better yield and a less visible donor.
1 day, 5-7 hours — and 4-5 days. Any quote that compresses that materially is worth a second read, because laboratory and healing time set the schedule, not the clinic diary.
FUE leaves no linear scar and suits short hairstyles, but yields fewer grafts per session in many donor types.
Strip harvesting maximises single-session yield.
Hairstyle determines whether the scar matters at all.
Microscopic dissection recovers grafts efficiently from a narrow strip.
It yields the highest graft count per session and preserves follicles well, at the cost of a linear scar.
| Sessions | 1 day, 5-7 hours |
|---|---|
| Time in Turkey | 4-5 days |
| Recovery | Sutures out at day 10-14; tightness for 2-3 weeks |
| Expected lifespan | Permanent grafts |
FUE leaves no linear scar and suits short hairstyles, but yields fewer grafts per session in many donor types.
Timeline, aftercare and what to watch for, day by day.
It yields the highest graft count per session and preserves follicles well, at the cost of a linear scar. A full session runs 6-8 hours including a lunch break, split into extraction and implantation phases. Larger graft counts take longer rather than being rushed.
It yields the highest graft count per session and preserves follicles well, at the cost of a linear scar. Local anaesthetic is injected across the donor and recipient zones, often with a vibration or pressure device to blunt the first injections; you are awake, watching films or on your phone for most of the day. General anaesthetic is neither used nor needed. A full session runs 6-8 hours including a lunch break, split into extraction and implantation phases. Larger graft counts take longer rather than being rushed.
Turkish law requires the incisions and implantation to be performed by a doctor; technicians assist with extraction under supervision. Ask for the doctor's name and how many cases they personally run per day — a surgeon on more than two cases a day is not doing your case personally. Your scalp feels tight, the donor area stings, and the recipient zone is dotted with pinpoint scabs. Facial and forehead swelling appears on day two or three, not immediately. You sleep semi-upright with a travel pillow.
1 day, 5-7 hours and 4-5 days are what the plan is built around. FUE leaves no linear scar and suits short hairstyles, but yields fewer grafts per session in many donor types.