Can a Trained Eye Detect Transplanted Hair vs Native Hair?

Hello Doctor,

Is it possible for a hair transplant specialist or dermatologist to examine your scalp closely in order to detect if at least some of your hair has come from a fairly recent (1-1/2 years ago) transplant operation (strip, FUs), or is there no way to distinguish it from your native hair. I’ve had 2 procedures in 2 different locations of the scalp and was disappointed with the 2nd. one where I still had a fair amount of hair (20 – 30 FUs per sq. cm.), and would like to know if many (or any) of the grafts are successfully growing.

Thanks very much.

It’s possible that you may have some very slight skin pitting where the transplanted hair is, but if the surgery was done well and you healed well, it would be pretty hard to distinguish the difference.

I am a good example of a completely undetectable hair transplant patient. No one, even from close up with a comb in their hands, can detect my crown hair transplant. Few have ever detected my three donor wounds (all done at the exact same place), even with a comb in their hands. I am a typical example for the hair transplant process, but not the typical example of the donor scar in patients that have had more than 1 procedure.