Hair Transplant Question: Will FUE hair transplant on a black scalp create visible scars? (photo)

For patients considering a hair transplant, the issue of wound healing and FUE recovery time often sits at the forefront of the mind. Body hair transplant involves the use of hair grafts from non-head areas such as the beard, chest, stomach area, arms, legs to balding areas. With my invention of the Dr.UGraft, I took patient concerns to heart and designed a tool that minimizes wounds size and promotes rapid, aesthetically pleasing FUE wound healing, especially for African Americans.
I encourage you to consult with a physician for any further medical advice. I am always available for a free online consultation as well.
For more information on FUE wound healing use the link below.

Finding an experienced, qualified Hair Transplant Surgeon that specializes in FUE is key. You'll want to research and make sure the surgeon uses a smaller punch for incision as this will ultimately cause minimal scarring. I usually use a .9mm punch for African American patients as their hair is a little more coarse and textured. This is still significantly smaller than other devices such as the Artas robot which uses about a 1.3mm punch.  Another factor for you specifically being an African American you'll want to make sure the Hair Transplant Surgeon you chose has experience in performing surgeries with African American patients as the hair follicles themselves are curly(c shaped) and more difficult to extract and transplant as well as run the higher risk of keloid scarring.

FUE is a method of harvesting grafts.  It does NOT always work well on curly African American hair.  You need to have an exam and even a FUE test (we call it FOX Test).  Most doctors may not offer this.  If are a good candidate for FUE, you need to understand that you will get scarring in the form of pale 1mm dots (thousands of them).  FUE is not a scar-less surgery.  There is no such thing as a scar-less surgery. You generally will not see the FUE scar with short hair.  You WILL see it with the head shaved or hair really short 1mm to 2mm short.

The punches for FUE are very small, sometimes under a mm.  However, any time there is injury through the skin there is potential for a scar.  Very small punches yield very small scar which are often not visible (unless you keloid or form hypertrophic scars). 

I have been doing exclusively FUE hair transplants using Neograft and ARTAS robot for several years. We have performed the procedure on a number of African American patients and I have never encountered keloidal or even visible scar. However, there is of course a chance for developing bad scar. It beats however strip scar any time! Check out our before and after photos and also watch an interview with myself about FUE hair transplantation! As for the body hair we do that as well but it is always a secondary choice in cases when you run out of donor sites on the scalp