Scar from Hair Transplant Looks Like a Zipper

I went in for my second HT yesterday. When I asked the Doctor if my first scar was normal he said, “it was very thin” but, the stitches left marks and it looks like a zipper? (You know, the thin line marks you see on top and bottom of the main horizontal scar line). He said that’s very rare. Is it? and if so, is there a way to eliminate that if I had another HT in 6 months or so with your group of Doctors?

The zipper effect means that your doctor placed the suture far from the edge. That will produce the zipper effect. There is no practical solution other than if you have another transplant and remove the “zipper” along with the hair you need for the transplant. There are techniques that avoid the zipper effect, which most doctors use today.

If you’d like to come to us it can probably be eliminated, but I’d have to see you first before promising surgical solutions. If you opt to go elsewhere, you’ll obviously want to be sure that your surgeon does not do the same thing again next time.