If you’re considering a hair transplant, chances are you’ve heard of one of the best modern techniques for surgical hair restoration—the FUE (follicular hair extraction) hair transplant.
A vast improvement over the old FUT transplantation technique—which extracted strips of hair and left large, unsightly scars—FUE instead transplants individual hair follicles, for minimal scarring and much more natural results.
But even that excellent FUE technology has been improved upon with the advent of new tools and techniques.
And perhaps the biggest advancement? Direct hair implantation, known as DHI for short.
What is DHI?
DHI is a type of FUE hair transplant, meaning individual hair follicles are extracted from one area and implanted in an area where hair is desired—usually the crown, temples, and/or hairline.
However, DHI is special in that it uses a special pen implanter tool to make the technique even better.
The implanter streamlines the process by implanting the hair graft directly at the site.
Contrast that with regular FUE, where the surgeon must first make a small incision and then place the follicle in it, repeating the same two-step process for every single graft.
The DHI pen does it all in one step, saving time and effort with each individual graft.
Given that the average hair transplant ranges from 500 to 2000 or more grafts, that’s literally hundreds or thousands of small steps eliminated from the procedure.
So DHI is faster, and that’s great—but is it any better than regular FUE?
Better Outcomes With DHI
The difference DHI makes is not just evident in its greater speed.
DHI makes better outcomes possible for patients, too.
Advantages of DHI:
- Faster procedure: Thousands of incision steps skipped, so you spend less time in the chair
- More efficient: Makes larger transplants possible in one session
- Extremely minimal scarring: Precision incisions make this possible
- Heals more quickly: Less discomfort and downtime for patients
- Higher follicle viability rate: More hair survives to grow and thrive
- Incredible aesthetics: Produces the most natural-looking results
All of this is to say that the DHI pen doesn’t just help the surgeon, it helps the patient, too.
You spend less time having the procedure done, experience less discomfort and faster healing, and you can get more hair grafts transplanted during a single procedure.
But the biggest difference between DHI and FUE is in the final results: a DHI hair transplant can give you an incredibly natural look and fuller, thicker hair.
That’s right—DHI, when performed by a skilled and experienced hair transplant surgeon, can produce even better-looking long-term results than traditional FUE.
Why DHI Produces the Best Aesthetic Outcomes
The precision and placement control the DHI pen allows means that the hair grafts can go exactly where they need to go to produce beautifully blended, natural patterns of placement.
One-step placement also lets the surgeon assess positioning better throughout the procedure, for better aesthetics overall.
The pen also lets the surgeon control the angle of follicle placement better, so the direction of growth looks entirely natural.
And because the process is gentler on the grafts—because they are handled less, with less trauma at the implant site—more of them survive to grow thick, healthy hair.
DHI is simply one of the best procedures out there in terms of comfort, good looks, and overall hair transplant success.
“With DHI, there should be 95% plus graft take, meaning that the overwhelming majority of what we place, we see it thrive as thick, natural-looking hair. It’s truly incredible”
— Dr. Daniel A. Danyo
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FAQ About DHI Hair Transplants
Who is a good candidate for a DHI hair transplant?
Most people who would be eligible for a regular FUE hair transplant are good candidates for DHI.
If you are healthy enough for a minimally invasive outpatient procedure, have good donor sites available for grafting, and are not suffering from an autoimmune disorder that attacks the follicles, chances are good that you’d do well with DHI.
Of course, only a hair restoration expert can properly assess you, so you’ll need to schedule a consultation to find out for sure.
Is DHI good for hairline restoration?
DHI is an excellent technique for restoring a receding hairline.
Its incredible precision lets the hair restoration surgeon create an extremely natural, blended look, right where it matters most.
Former patients have told us even their family members couldn’t tell where their grafts had been placed.
It just looks like the hair grew there naturally, as if nothing ever needed to be done.
Can DHI be used with beard hair?
Yes, DHI can be used for beard to head hair transplants when there aren’t enough good donor sites on the head.
The technique can be used pretty much anywhere you’d use FUE—it’s simply an improved version of the most popular hair transplant procedure.
Just be sure to choose a provider who is experienced in both DHI and beard hair transplants to ensure the very best outcome.
