At the bottom of this posting, there are two examples of views of the donor area under a hand microscope (these can be purchased on Amazon.com). The microscopic view on the picture above averages about 2 hairs per follicular unit. This number is close to the average Caucasian’s density with a total hair count reflecting 100,000 hairs on the […]
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This area has a compromised vascular area that appears to be scarring at this time. When the scar heals, another hair transplant into this area will almost certainly grow hair.
Every surgery causes scarring. In a hair transplant, there are two types of scars: (1) the strip scar which is a linear scar from an incision in the back of your head, and (2) an FUE scar which is very small punctate scars less than 1mm each. Most young men we perform a hair transplant […]
In reference to this question about donor healing after FUE: https://baldingblog.com/2007/05/09/1-year-post-op-photo-of-fue-donor-area/ How often do you see patients who don’t have white spots from the FUE? I recently got a procedure done by a doctor that promised me no white scar formation, but all I’ve read online since then is that its inevitable to get white scars. […]
Scarring from FUE is common. If it bothers you, the best treatment is Scalp Micropigmentation. I don’t know how many grafts you received, but if it exceeded 3,500 FUE grafts, it is likely that you were over-harvested. We have performed SMP on many people with all types of donor scars including for FUE, see here: […]
The photo below shows a man with an advanced balding pattern (Norwood Class 7 pattern). This is the pattern that is a risk for every man having a hair transplant. Everyone runs this risk. They could lose all of their hair except for this 2½ inch rim of hair around the back and sides of […]
Pilofocus is also called piloscopy. I have seen this presentation by Dr. Wessley, and I am very unimpressed. It seems like a cumbersome procedure that is slow, and the surgeon will not be able to perform any significant number of FUE grafts during the surgery. FUE is not very scarring when performed by the right surgeon […]
The donor area has been significantly impacted by FUE, suggesting that your original donor density was significantly less than what the number of FUE grafts could have supported. Your doctor should have measured your donor area density prior to doing FUE. The limits on FUE is related to your donor density, otherwise it produces significant scarring […]
This is another Turkey patient who was over-harvested. The amount of hair taken from the donor area exceeded what the donor density would support, a common problem when FUE grafts are pushed higher and higher. To make matters worse, the non-permanent zone was harvested as well, so many of the grafts that were harvested are […]
This patient had multiple strip hair transplants, and the surgeons who did this did not keep all of the scars in one place. As a result, the patient ended up with a terrible scarring complication, as shown in these photos. Dr. Tony Rustio from Brazil (trained in SMP by me) repaired this man with Scalp […]
This is indeed a very wide scar from a single surgery. This happens for many reasons: The scar is low and may have been made into the nape of the neck, which always stretches if that is the case. That alone can produce a wide scar. The wound was tense during closure because your scalp was […]
https://www.tmz.com/2018/02/07/donald-trump-hair-blowing-air-force-one/ Donald Trump had a Scalp Reduction surgery to remove his bald spot in the back of his head. This procedure that has been discredited largely by my efforts because it produces significant scarring in the scalp. In addition, the bald area that was removed almost always returned. From the video, I can see that […]
These photos were taken from an article published in the Hair Transplant Forum by Manny Marritt, M.D. in October 1993. Dr. Marritt died a week ago, but his ideas helped many of the caring doctors in the field of hair restoration think of the patient’s future hair loss when considering a hair transplant. The need […]
If you are considering putting hair back where you lost it by having a hair transplant, the big decision is to take the step of finding a caring, competent doctor working with an experienced team, followed by scheduling a hair transplant. For most men, scheduling a hair transplant is the greatest step, in other words, to fix a problem with […]
Hair loss following a hairline lowering procedure, like any facial plastic surgery is a known risk. Many times, in men who get a hairline advancement surgery, it does not come back. If you lost hair at the advancement edge, the scar will have to be covered with a hair transplant. Usually women lose hair in […]
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