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Can I do FUE or any hair transplant after SMP in future?

Jack200Jul 29, 2016
I'm 24 years old. I'm a Norwood 6 or 7. I'm planning of doing SMP full head coverage and wanted to check whether its possible to do Hair transplant in the future say after 7-10 years? will SMP proceedure damage my head ?

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