I Had a Skull Fracture That Caused a Scar — Is Transplantation Not an Option for Me?

Dr. Rassman,

I am a 25 year old male with extremely thin hair. Normally this would not be a concern but I had a medial temporal head fracture and a 12 inch scar on the left side of my skull. I do not want to loose the rest of my hair but dont want it to look to obvious that I had a procedure.

1. Is getting a transplant a life long quest with someone my age?
2. Should I resort to other methodologies before trying surgery?

1. Hair transplantation should not be a lifelong quest. I am not sure where you would be getting that information.
2. Hair transplantation is a great tool to disguise scars on the scalp. We have treated visible scars and have seen them largely disappear. With respect to other methodologies, you can try make up/ concealing agents to cover the area such as DermMatch. A hair transplant procedure is a cosmetic surgery, which means that the procedures are not medically necessary from an insurance point of view, but may be necessary from a personal view of what you want to look like.

You can always send a photo of your scar to me for review (reference this post), or if you are near one of our offices, you could come in for a consult.