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Am I A Candidate For a Hair Transplant Where I Have Scarring From an Accident? (photo)
asked 3 months ago by Angel125
Latest answer by Jack Fisher, MD
Question viewed 219 times
Tags: female, accident, candidate, scarring
I got into an accident 10 years ago, which caused scarring around my front hairline. Ive been wearing my hair parted to the side to cover up the scar tissue and bald patch, and I was just wondering if I would be a good candidate for a hair transplant on this area?
7 answers to Am I A Candidate For a Hair Transplant Where I Have Scarring From an Accident? (photo)
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FUE Hair Transplant To Repair Scarring
Yes, hair transplant is an option to correct the hair loss from your scar. Follicular unit extraction, or FUE, is your best option due to the fact that it leaves nominal scarring in the recipient and donor sites, and donor hair is not restricted to the mid-rear scalp. This means donor hair can be taken from the nape of the neck (where hair is finer—ideal for hairline creation) or, with body hair transplant, donor hair can be taken from almost anywhere on the body. FUE is commonly used...
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Hair Transplant for Scarring from Previous Accident
Hair transplants can be done to treat the baldness secondary to your accident, but grafts do not grow as well in scarred tissue and it is difficult to to achieve normal uniform density that matches the rest of the scalp in a female patient. Moving the adjacent hair-bearing scalp after excising the scar would give you a natural result will total freedom of styling.
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Hair transplant for scar
As long as there is no loss of the relatively normal thickness of the skin, the scarred area should be able to support hair being transplanted there. Given the location, size etc, I agree with Drs Kabaker and Parungao that hair transplantation is a very good option with an excellent chance of significant improvement in the appearance of the area..
Daniel Berg, MD
Seattle Dermatologic Surgeon
Seattle Dermatologic Surgeon
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Hair transplants to disguise scalp scar
Hair transplants should work very well for your particular problem. One could consider a scalp advancement procedure but it appears that you have multiple directions of hair flow that would likely leave a detectible scar. Transplants can be placed to exactly match the existing hair directions.
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Hair transplants into areas of scarring
Yes, we can place grafts in your scar. This works really well. We do know that hair grows a little less reliably in an area of scar, but we have seen awesome results using follicular unit transplants. In order to get all of your options, please contact your local hair transplant surgeon for an in-person consultation. At that time, you can learn about surgical and non surgical options available to you. Best of luck to you. Dr. P
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Hair Transplant for Scarring
Yes you are a good candidate for a hair transplant . It is not difficult to put hair in and around a scar to reduce visability.
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Hair Transplant with Scarrin
Hair transplants can certainly be used to restore hair to your areas of
concern. The goal is to achieve the greatest percentage of hair
regrowth, while also achieving natural appearing results- something
that in fact is possible when performed properly.
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