Hair Restoration: Level 5 FUE Hair Transplantation Using 3500 Grafts

In this case Dr. Umar uses his Single Follicle Extraction and Transfer (SFET) method of Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) procedure to refine and advance a NW3 case using 3500 grafts derived from the head donor area and nape to create a soft natural hairline and restore him from NW 3 to a state of zero appearance of baldness.

FUE Hair Transplants Result - Follicular Unit Extraction

This FUE Hair Transplant Result by Dr. Umar in his Los Angeles office shows their results. Dr. Umar uses a scalpel-free, Follicular Unit Extraction Process called the "Umar Procedure". The Patient had a level 3 hair loss level with hairline recession. He wanted a conservative restoration and a natural looking, soft hairline to solve his pattern baldness. The patient also emphasized NO LINEAR SCAR. The patient received 1450 grafts derived from the nape and head to achieve these goals.

FUE Hair Restoration - Follicular Unit Extraction

Sometime the patients cannot afford large numbers of grafts and / or repeated hair transplantation surgeries. It may also be that the patient lacks the donor hair supply because of physiology or previous surgeries.
Low number of follicles can be used to restore significant level of baldness. A skilled hair restoration surgeon would know how to create a natural look in this situation.


This video shows the Follicular Unit Extraction procedure, or FUE, hair transplantation process. Dr. Umar, the leading body hair transplant, and one of the leading FUE surgeons, shows the process with a patient in his Redondo Beach office in Los Angeles, CA.