A hair transplant is a surgical procedure in which hair follicles are taken from one area of the scalp (called the "donor site") and transplanted to a bald or balding area (called the "recipient site"). The most common technique used is called Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT), in which a strip of skin containing hair follicles is removed from the donor site and the individual follicles are then implanted in the recipient site.