Journal / Technique

Hair Restoration

FUE vs DHI: choosing the protocol

Both FUE and DHI move living grafts. The difference is how they are placed — and therefore how much control you have over the hairline the world will see.

FUE

Grafts are extracted one by one and placed into sites prepared for density and direction. It is the workhorse protocol: efficient, proven, and right for many patterns of thinning.

DHI

An implanter seats each graft. Angle and depth stay in the hand. It is often chosen when the hairline must be especially fine.

How we decide

Not by trend. By donor, by the line you will live with, by how many days you can stay in Istanbul. The plan is written before you fly. Read FUE and DHI, then send photographs in confidence.