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FUE White Dot Scars - Options to Fix It?

asked 1 year ago by Steven_losangeles in Usa
Latest answer by D.J. Verret, MD
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Tags: FUE, options, scar, white

I have terrible fue scarring after 3000 grafts and wonder what I can do about it. 1.Fraxel laser to see if the white dots blend out and golfball surface from where the grafts where taken. 2.Make slit in the white dots and fill with Acell to create new tissue growth. 3.Bodyhair to the scars but that will not make the white dots go away.

3 answers to FUE White Dot Scars - Options to Fix It?

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FUE does create unfavorable white dot scars

Your experience fortifies what I have believed ever since there has been so much promotion about FUE being "scarless" donor surgery that would allow a shaved head style afterwards. In my opinion , micro pigmentation with the newer superficial techniques developed in the UK might give you the best disguise of the white dots. Since you are in Los Angeles, I might suggest you see Dr. William Rassman who is promoting and performing this procedure. Another option is to wear a longer hair... more
Sheldon S. Kabaker, MD

Oakland Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.kabaker.com

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Hair Transplants left white spots after FUE

If the white dots are scars from the follicle removal sites, these are not likely to change once the scars are mature..which typically occurs after several months.
Francis R. Palmer, III, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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FUE can create white dot scars

Unfortunately you are experiencing one of the unadvertised results of follicular unit extraction. Anytime the skin is cut there will be a scar - no ifs, ands, or buts about it. In the case of strip harvesting this will be a linear scar. In the case of FUE, there will be white dots left behind. These white dots are hypopigmented areas and will never fill back in. You have a couple of options. First is medical tattooing of the area. Second, you can perform a laser resurfacing procedure to... more
D.J. Verret, MD

Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

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