I have done pubic hair to scalp transplants before — a couple of them were with FUE, and most with a small strip. Scarring should not be a big problem, depending on the amount of grafts that are removed. All surgery produces some kind of scarring, though, even if it is minimal or barely detectable. […]
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Usually, people with lupus who lose their hair as a result of this autoimmune disease will not be candidates for a hair transplant. The Lupus Foundation of America has an article about hair loss that can result from the disease or the treatment, which you may find helpful (see here). There is possibly a solution […]
And thank you for allowing us to publish your photo here. Click to enlarge: We routinely perform Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP) at our office on a daily basis for the type of scars you have. In fact, most scars we see are worse than the one you show. I’m not sure why you’d still see […]
If you let your hair grow out to a reasonable length, the pink color of the scar will be covered. That’s the easiest solution, really. Was your scar pink for a long while after your first hair transplant? You may just have to wait it out. You can try topical hydrocortisone (a small dab spread […]
Shaving your head will probably bring out the pitting in the recipient area that often accompanies the old style of hair plugs. We have developed a process call Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP), which works well when the hair is clipped very short to make you look like a normal fellow with a shaved head. The pitting […]
I will be direct to your questions. 1) Visible recipient site scars are rare if the instrument is very small and a slit is used. But with any surgery, there is a small (rare) risk of keloid and scarring. 2) Existing hair is rarely damaged, unless perhaps there is shock loss, which is typical of […]
I wrote about the possibility of the baldness cure being just a couple years away here. You’re assuming a lot to suggest that it won’t be normal to be bald for the rest of your life, and even then, there are options like Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP), hair transplantation, and even medication, to make it so […]
There is no medical cure for alopecia universalis patients. Cloning isn’t available and transplantation isn’t an option, since alopecia universalis patients don’t have hair to harvest. There is an alternative option — Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP). We have had one alopecia totalis patient treated with SMP. Look for Client 26 here (4th one down on the […]
This patient had 4608 grafts. As you can see from his photos below, the frontal area is great, but the top and crown are lightly covered. He lost much of the original hair in the top and crown from the balding process and as the transplant process was going on over a 10 year period […]
You can try an over the counter hydrocortisone treatment in small doses 3 times a week or once a day, whichever relives the itching. I can’t say a scar revision and scalp itch are related — at least, it’s not something I’ve heard of before. If it continues, I would see a dermatologist. As an […]
When it comes to hair transplants, some people don’t always finish what they start — perhaps due to money issues or just not wanting to go that route ever again because of disappointment in the results, failures of the surgery, or severe pain with the surgery. The pain and costs of more surgeries is a […]
The pluggy hair transplants of the 1980s and 90s, and even the strip surgeries in the years following that, caused considerable scarring in some percentage of patients. Few of them complained unless their donor area was depleted from multiple surgeries so that long hair would not cover it. Even today, scars from follicular unit extraction […]
Multiple small scars were offered in the past, all placed horizontally in Langer’s lines (the lines in the skin where collagen fibers are naturally oriented). Some were significantly less detectable; however, they may not be very efficient if a lot of hair is needed (as in the Norwood class 6 or 7 patients) and multiple […]
I (Dr. Rassman) have had a total of 2200 grafts in three strip surgeries over the past 20 years, the last one being 6 months ago. If you were to look at my single linear scar, most people (even with a comb in their hand looking for it) can’t locate it. My strip scar is […]
Snippet from the study abstract: Read the full abstract — Outbreak of Mycobacterium chelonae infection associated with tattoo ink This topic interested us because of Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP) and the use of pigments in our practice. What can you learn from this? A medical facility is critical for sterility and cleanliness, and the tattoo ink […]
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