Inducing Traction Alopecia to Unnatural Looking Grafts
2 years ago I had a transplant, but near the hairline and in the temporal zone there’s some grafts of 4 hairs that do not look natural. Beyond the excessive number of hairs per graft, the thickness of the hair shaft is greater than the neighboring hairs and therefore visible. Some of the grafts seem to have pitting, but if I pull out the hairs in the graft, the pitting is not visible. I would want to know if the transplanted hairs will become gradually finer over time. If I continue to pull out those hairs, is it probable that they will regrow finer or some not regrow at all, inducing a sort of traction alopecia? If it succeeds, I think the look one will be better.
Thank you for your kind attention and reply.
I have seen people that have pulled their eyebrow hair out until they get traction alopecia. It sounds like your strategy may work, but I can not tell you how long it will take to get where you want to be. Every person is different. Alternatively, you can have these grafts thinned with an FUE procedure (fairly reliable) or perform electrolysis (a 30% success rate in many people’s hands). The costs for a limited number should be relatively small. The one advantage of FUE is that the grafts can be relocated with minimal effort in small numbers.
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