Hair Transplant: Q&A
Ask a QuestionIs It Difficult to Hide Hair Restoration Surgery?
I'm almost 24 and have a receding hairline. I talked to a doctor about it and I should get about 1400 grafts. I don't appear to be losing hair in any other area and the rest of my scalp has thick hair. I'm curious in my case since I have a good amount of hair, is it possible for me to get the surgery and no one be able to tell I had the procedure the day before? I don't want anyone to be able to tell I had the procedure done.
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jfknight
in Indiana
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Healing after Hair Restoration Surgery
Since you have thick hair, your surrounding hair should cover the incision that was made in the back of your hair for the donor hair. Over time, this incision will heal and leave a thin line of a scar. An alternative to think about would be to use a follicular unit extraction (FUE) technique that does not leave a linear scar on the posterior scalp. If you stay with the strip approach, the scar will only be detectable if you decide to shave your head. Scabbing occurs...
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Hiding Surgical Hair Restoration
Hiding hair transplant the very next day would not be possible, as you will definitely have some scabbing and possibly some swelling in the donor and recipient areas. With regard to long-term secrecy, it is certainly possible to have hair transplant without it being at all discernable to someone else. Hair transplant looks incredibly natural nowadays, but it takes 7 to 14 days for the scabbing to subside post-operation.
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Hair Restoration Surgery in Secret
You need to be realistic about many things in life and this is one of them. Today's hair restoration has come along way and can get you the look you are trying to achieve without everyone knowing that you 'had something done', however, it may take a few days for any scabbing to go away. You may get lucky and be able to comb over some of your hair to help conceal but just know that there may be some scabs a few days afterwards.
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Hiding Hair Restoration Surgery
Whether or not if someone can tell the next day you've had a hair transplant depends on many variables... including how low the hair transplant is placed, how thick your own hair is in the area, whether you develop swelling of the forehead and eyes, and if there is any post operative bleeding. In some patients this can be well disguised and others not.
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Hiding hair transplants
There may be some scabbing immediately after the procedure. It may be difficult to hide the procedure for the first 3-4 days but after that you should not be able to tell that anything was done.
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Young Hairloss and No evidence of Transplantation!
The strip donor site if done properly will hide nicely the next day. However hairline work may need some creative combing or styling in order to completely camouflage it. We do have some patients like this who do not show evidence of any transplant work after a few days.
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Will people be able to tell that I had a hair transplant the next day?
Yes, initially. You’ll have scabs for at least 2 – 4 weeks. With hair transplants on a 24-year-old it’s controversial because you may continue to lose hair behind the transplanted hair follicles. You may have islands of hair with bald skin around it. It’s very important that you find a surgeon who will create a hairline that will look good even if you continue to lose additional hair. I strongly recommend using products such as Propecia...
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Hiding recent hair transplants
The situation you describe should readily be hidden by having hairin grown 2-3 inches in length combed forward. The crusts from a transplant usually are gone in 2 weeks, after which time you might be able to expose the repient area without attracting attention. If you are one of the few patients that develops swelling of the forehead 2-4 days after surgery, all bets are off. Be sure to discuss this with your hair transplant surgeon . Use of corticosteroids usuallys keeps this from happening.
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Hide hair transplant the day after
Two things I'd mention...
1. Make sure to think seriously about having surgery at such a young age. Depending on your response to Medications, you re at risk for further hair loss with time and you need to make sure you understand what's involved if there is further hair loss (e.g. Need for more transplants, realistic expectations of long-term hairline and results and the need to ensure that whatever is transplanted now will look natural if the surrounding hair continues to thin....make...
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Is It Difficult to Hide Hair Restoration Surgery?
If your hair loss is along the front hairline then it's more obvious tha placing transplants within the hear bearing scalp. Black and dark brown colored transplanted hairs show more than blonde. Single follicles are the least obvious, especially if they're placed in a random pattern along the hairline. Hairs are transplanted shorter than existing hair, so you may be able to cover some of the transplants with longer hairparted and combed over the hairline.
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These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.
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