Scars in the donor area vary by person, surgeon, and the amount of transplanted hair you had. Some of them can be repaired or reduced, but I would have to see you to make such a determination.
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This patient came in last week, a few years after having 709 grafts taken from a very depleted donor area. Half of the grafts contained just one hair. Getting those 709 grafts was a challenge, as his scalp was tight and the donor area heavily scarred. Because of the anticipated poor yield, I elected to […]
These areas can be treated very well today with a variety of surgical procedures which vary based upon the size of the defect you have. I have seen children who have lost 1/4 of their entire scalp receive a balloon expansion with wonderful results, and the same goes for adults. The smaller the defect, the […]
It would be best for me to see what you look like by sending photos of your hairline and the scar (reference this page). Scars at or just behind the hairline are relatively easy to fix with hair transplants. Sometimes the scar can be partly excised as well (though unusual), but without seeing it you […]
It takes about 6 months for any scar to heal relatively fully, thus I recommend waiting out that 6 month time frame.
If you have active male pattern baldness (MPB), then yes, it could impact your hair and cause hair loss.
Hair transplants work very well in the scars of brow lifts by transplanting them directly into the healed wound. We do these with some frequency, as well as neurosurgical scars, which are often larger. The costs are generally between $3000-4000 for such repairs as it takes 400+ grafts depending upon length and width of the […]
Joe Penny, perhaps best known for his starring roles in hit 1980s television series Riptide and Jake and the Fatman or more recently his guest spot on the popular TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigations and the Hallmark Channel’s Jane Doe TV movies, has agreed to let me show his results from a repair job […]
Hair cloning is still in its infancy and we do not have much information about the process of a hair transplant with cloned hair, but I believe you are right and if it becomes available we should be able to transplant cloned hair anywhere that we do with conventional hair transplants now. Currently, we can […]
All plastic surgeons can perform facial scar revision surgery. On a simple scar, it is a relatively easy surgery. I do not know of any specific ratings of doctors based on scar revision success. You need to please keep in mind that all cuts on the skin will result in a scar to some degree. […]
FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) works well for these, as well as building a good normal hairline to create enough camouflage to cover the old type of work. I would need to see how bad the old plugs are and exactly where they are located to answer your question properly. You can call my office at […]
I have seen similar patients who have had scalp reconstruction and were left with bad scars. It is not really possible for me to assess what was done from you brief narrative, but when scars become stable, hair transplantation works well to cover many of these scars. Bad scarring occurs in accident, in neurosurgery cases, […]
This patient had some of the old hair plugs in his hairline, which we removed with a FUE procedure (2,200 grafts) and then created camouflage to rebuild a new frontal hairline. In just 6 months (see after photos), the early results are very impressive indeed and I would expect that the fullness will double in […]
Part 2 of 2: For part 1 and a brief description, please see yesterday’s posting here.
This man had the ugly, pluggy hair transplant procedure that was common in the mid 80s. Unfortunately, many, many people think that this is the standard and that if they have a hair transplant, this is what they are going to look like. I spend a great deal of time trying to explain away these […]
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