Does "pitting" get better after hair transplant? (Photo)

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I got a FUT hair transplant about 6 months ago. I've noticed the front hairline has these tiny holes, and in some parts worse than others. It looks really bad if I pull the hair back gently. I think it's pitting and curious if that gets better or softens at all over time. I'd like to eventually wear my hair back but worried now about the holes on my head. I think it looks obvious and from what I see online, only fixable with another procedure which I want to avoid.

Hootan Zandifar, MD · Answer

I'm sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with your hair transplant results.  The pitting that you see is likely areas where a small puncture was placed and hair was put in it.  At 6 months, it is possible that the hair follicle has not grown out yet and it can smooth out.  At this point I would wait until at least one year.  We typically try to avoid the pitting by placing the hair follicles slightly above the skin edge because during the healing phase the follicle gets sucked down a little bit.

Junaid Syed, MD · Answer

Usually pitting is cause by putting too many grafts too close to each other or grafts too much deep inside the incision. So to make it look better, another hair transplant is needed and single hair grafts needs to be placed around and outer/front side of hair line to hide the pitting area. Wait for few more months for complete healing of donor and transplanted area before you plan for the next hair transplant procedure.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

Yes ,  pitting may get better after hair transplant...Reason  of pitting  is  placing  the  follicular  units  in  to  skin channels  deeply  below  the  level of  skin  . But  it  may  resolve nad  you  may have a better  look  at the end  of  1  year ..  you  may  use  a  topical  sterod  cream  to  alleviate the symptoms

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