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How hair transplants actually work: the difference between FUE, DHI and FUT, who they suit, and the year-long wait for the result to grow in.
A hair transplant, from the day of surgery to the result a year on.

Resources

When you are researching a hair transplant, almost everything you find is trying to sell you one. The list below is different. These are independent bodies and peer-reviewed sources with no graft to book, and they are what we lean on when we write. None of them is a seller.

Professional and clinical bodies

  • International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS). The main professional body for hair-restoration surgeons, useful for standards, FUE and FUT technique, and patient guidance.
  • American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). Dermatology-led explanations of hair loss, its causes, and the medical and surgical options.
  • NHS. Plain, non-commercial overviews of hair loss and what the health service does and does not treat.
  • StatPearls. Open-access clinical reference articles, handy for the underlying biology of hair loss and transplantation.
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The regulator behind medicines such as finasteride and minoxidil, including approved uses and safety information.

Peer-reviewed literature

For the evidence itself, we read the journals rather than the marketing:

  • International Journal of Trichology (Int J Trichology)
  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD)
  • Frontiers in Medicine

How to use these

Read them alongside, not instead of, a proper consultation. They can tell you how FUE, DHI and FUT generally work and what the evidence says; they cannot tell you whether a transplant suits your scalp, your donor supply or your pattern of loss. Only an in-person assessment can do that. Please also read our Medical Disclaimer.