What happens in cases that are done entirely with Follicular Unit grafting techniques is that more of the hairs that are in the resting or Telogen phase are actually dissected out from around the base of the graft and discarded.  Additionally many more hairs die from hair bulb transection.  This is when the hair bulb is damaged or killed with the surgical instrument.

At any given time you have only between 40 or 60 percent of your hair that is visible and growing. The rest of it is in a Telogen (resting phase) and really cannot be seen by the naked eye. Using Follicular or “fine” grafting techniques, where only single hair grafts are used, will actually dissect out a lot of this resting hair. With Follicular Unit transplants, over the course of the next twelve to eighteen months that it takes to get your final result, you will actually lose a lot of the hair that you had transplanted. With the Multi-Unit Hair Grafting™ technique, the net effect is that is that you receive more hair per session and more of that hair survives. The patient wins… guaranteed.