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FUE, done the way it should be.
Follicular Unit Extraction is the procedure — how it's planned, who performs it, and how you're cared for afterwards is what decides the result. At City Clinics your surgeon does all three, for one patient a day.
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What FUE actually involves.
Follicular units — naturally occurring groups of one to four hairs — are extracted individually from the permanent band at the back and sides of your head, then placed one by one into the areas being restored, at the angle and direction your natural hair grows.
- Extracted follicle by follicle — no strip of scalp is removed and there is no linear scar
- Performed under local anaesthetic — you are awake, comfortable, and can watch a film or simply rest
- Transplanted follicles come from hair that is genetically resistant to further loss — the result is considered permanent
Every graft placed by hand, follicle by follicle — the care your surgical day is built around. Imagery is an illustrative preview while our clinical photography is completed.
The plan
Measured by KE-Bot. Drawn by hand.
Before anything is agreed, the KE-Bot maps your scalp in 360° — follicle density, hair calibre and the true capacity of your donor area. Then your surgeon does what no machine can: draws a hairline that suits your face, your age, and the decades ahead.
- Graft counts calculated from measurement, not estimated by eye
- The design agreed with you in the mirror — before a single follicle moves
- Your data shared with you openly — it's your head, and your decision
Candidacy
Is FUE right for you?
Not everyone should have a hair transplant — and a clinic that says yes to everyone is telling you something. Three things make a good candidate:
What your surgeon checks
A healthy donor area
The band of permanent hair at the back and sides — the bank every graft is drawn from. KE-Bot measures its true capacity before anything is promised.
A stabilised pattern
Loss that has slowed enough to plan around, so the result still makes sense in ten years — sometimes that means medication first, surgery later.
Realistic expectations
A density and line that suit your age and face — designed, not maximised. Your surgeon will show you exactly what your donor supply can support.
Your surgeon confirms all three at consultation — and if waiting is the wiser course, he will tell you so.
Surgery day
One theatre. One team. One patient.
The theatre is booked for you alone. Your surgeon performs the design, the extraction and the placement personally — and nothing about the day is rushed.
The private theatre at 82 Harley Street — yours for the day. Lunch, breaks and the team's full attention included.
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As featuredDaily MailTwo ways to move a follicle
The strip method takes scalp. FUE takes follicles.
The older FUT method removes a band of scalp and closes it with stitches. It still has narrow uses — but for most patients, the trade is clear:
FUT — the strip method
FUE — our practice
The donor area
Your donor area, respected.
Every graft you'll ever have comes from one finite band of permanent hair. Over-harvest it and it never recovers — which is why we measure it with KE-Bot, planned within safe limits, and extracted evenly so it heals to an ordinary short haircut.
- Safe extraction limits set by measurement, never by ambition
- Even, distributed extraction that preserves natural coverage
- Capacity held in reserve for the decades ahead — not spent in one sitting
Image: a healed donor area months after FUE, worn short. Illustrative while clinical photography is completed.
The honest part
What we tell you that others don't.
Publishing the limits of a procedure is how you know a clinic respects it. FUE is surgery, and surgery has realities:
- Transplanted hairs shed in the first weeks — this is normal, and regrowth follows from around month three
- The final result is judged at twelve months — hair transplantation rewards patience, not haste
- Temporary swelling, redness and small scabs are part of a normal recovery
- Donor supply is finite — an over-harvested donor area cannot be undone, which is why it is measured, not guessed
- Ongoing native loss continues — sometimes the right plan includes medication to protect what you have
- If surgery isn't in your interest, you'll be told so at consultation — there is no sales team here
Medically reviewed by the City Clinics surgical team.
The work
Judge the surgery by its results.
Before-and-afters with real graft counts — same lighting, nothing retouched.
See the results →Transparent pricing
One fixed quote. Everything included.
Surgery by your surgeon, KE-Bot mapping, all medication and the full £2,000 aftercare programme — quoted personally at consultation, and never a penny more on the day.
Four all-inclusive tiers, banded by graft count. 0% APR over 6 or 24 months on every tier, subject to status.
See how pricing works →FUE questions
Asked before every FUE procedure.
How long does an FUE procedure take?
Will people be able to tell I've had it done?
How many grafts will I need?
Does FUE leave scars?
Who actually performs the surgery?
More questions, answered honestly.
Read the full FAQ →82 Harley Street · London
Meet the surgeon before you decide.
One conversation, a KE-Bot scan, an honest map of what's possible — and time to reflect. That's how considered surgery begins.
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