I went to a dermatologist, and he did a biopsy after examining me. When I came back to see him, he said I had scarring alopecia. I am also balding and was considering a hair transplant to address my balding crown. Can I go ahead with a hair transplant as the area he biopsied was […]
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https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/242531/scars-mended-using-transplanted-hair-follicles/ The benefits of a hair transplant into atropic skin (long term balding scalp ‘skin’ is a good example) of what is seen after a hair transplant is performed. The scalp which is often paper thin, gets thicker and this article shows why. Many of the support infrastructure that is present in hairy scalp is […]
Sometimes the wounds stretch or the instruments that are used are large. These scars show up on any short haircut and even with longer hair. The only good treatment for this is Scalp Micropigmentation.
Yes, a hairline lowering surgery can cause a scar. In this example, an unusually bad scar resulted. I say unusual, because incisions that are horizontal on the forehead tend to heal well. I suspect that this man had either unusual tension as the advancement was closed by the surgeon (most probable cause) or this particular […]
I was just told (from another doctor) that one of his patients who had two hair transplants surgeries totaling 5500 grafts, got a third hair transplant and then lost all of the previous hair transplants. The third hair transplant did not grow. A biopsy was done and the diagnosis of Scarring Alopecia was made which […]
This patient had too many FUEs performed too close and possibly with instruments that were too large for the process. Necrosis (skin death) is a complication seen in the inexperienced, over ambitious hands of inexperienced doctors or technicians who should not be doing FUE. I expect this complication to be more and more common in the […]
This patient clearly had FUEs grafts placed too close together which resulted in a loss of blood supply to the donor area near the ear. After it healed, there was a scar clearly present where the necrosis was seen postoperatively. \
The concept is simple enough. The normal scalp is stretched slowly over weeks with a balloon placed under the healthy part of the scalp. The balloon is then inflated three times a week until enough stretch is achieved to be able to advance the normal hair to cover the scarred area, which is removed on […]
The scarring is related to the size of the instrument used by your doctor. When the punch is 0.9mm or less, the scars are less prominent. If you have scars as some people do, regardless of the surgical technique, then Scalp Micropigmentation is a solution to “wipe” them out visually. We do this all of the […]
You have had unfortunate severe scarring from a strip surgery. This is easily treatment with Scalp Micropigmentation. It can also be treated with balloon expanders above the wound. Both have their pros and cons that you must learn about.
The scarring you have may be the result of a surgical wound that was closed too tight which is known to form scars like you have. This area can be transplanted filling in the hairline with a forward new hairline created with fine single hair grafts in front and this will hide the scar when […]
I am 24 years old and have experienced acute balding since age 16. I’m about a Norwood 5, and am serious about the transplant solution. However, I’ve always been turned off by the resulting “smily face” scar left on the back of the head which eliminates any possibility of a short haircut. You see, I’ve […]
The use of Scalp Micropigmentation with these conditions do not require that the disease is inactive as the depth of the SMP when done correctly in skilled hands, does not penetrate the skin more than .75mm, which is too shallow to impact these diseases. See here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/
This patient had almost everything that could go wrong with hair transplantation including: Scalp reductions, multiple hair transplants and depletion of his donor area from the multiple surgeries in the past. More hair transplants were not an option. His results showed thinning but on the brighter side of things, he felt that he did not […]
There is always scarring with any cut on the skin, but the visibility of the scarring depend on not only the surgeon’s skills, but also the individual. The recipient area can usually appear red (in a fair group of people) for several weeks, but most patients will show no visible scarring in the recipient area […]
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