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Hidden Donor Technique

Hidden Donor Technique

Do you want to keep your FUE a secret? Traditionally, FUE has required shaving the entire head, a telltale sign of a hair transplant. This prerequisite has caused many men and women to avoid seeking hair restoration. 

If you want to restore your hairline and keep your hair length, options are available. With the hidden donor technique, it is no longer necessary to shave your head before FUE. If you choose to keep your procedure discreet, no one needs to know you’ve had a hair transplant. 

Learn more about the hidden donor technique for FUE hair transplantation by contacting Balance Hair Restoration in Ann Arbor. Call us at (734) 913-5100 or fill out our online form.

What Is the Hidden Donor Technique?

Hidden FUE is a specialized technique to minimize the visibility of hair restoration. Traditional FUE hair restoration has necessitated shaving your entire head. The hidden donor technique reduces the visibility of hair restoration and is more discreet than other methods like traditional FUE or the linear strip method. 

In FUE, Dr. Malhotra gently removes hair follicles from donor areas using a specialized punch, then prepares the harvested follicles and transplants them into areas of the scalp that need more fullness. Proper extraction requires a short haircut, so typically, preparing for FUE requires shaving your hair. 

With the hidden donor technique, Dr. Malhotra can transfer up to 1400 units in one sitting. This requires some patients to grow their hair out in back for a few months to hide the donor area during the healing process.. After harvesting, the remaining hair will cover the donor sites, camouflaging their appearance.