Recipient site creation for hair transplantation: A prospective half-side comparison study of hole versus slit

Abstract

Follicular unit strip surgery and FUE (follicular unit extraction) are techniques used for donor harvesting in hair transplantation. For recipient site creation, the slit technique is now commonly used. The hole technique is an alternative technique in which holes are created in the tissue at the recipient site. This study compared these techniques in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the hole technique. Mean time for recipient site creation was significantly shorter with the hole technique than with the slit technique (95.5 s vs. 121 s; p = 0.021). This can be explained by better visibility of the holes compared with slits. This study focused on recipient site creation and found that the hole technique was a rapid and effective for recipient site creation.