FUE hair transplant donor area scars. Is there any laser surgery/products to heal this or will it heal in time? (photo)

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I had a fue hair transplant 1 year ago and the back of my head still looks like this. I want to know id there is anything that can be done about this. Thanks a lot.

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

It is unfortunate but FUE is not a "scarless" surgery.  You cannot remove the scarring but you can consider Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP).

David Deutsch, MD · Answer

I don't know how many grafts you had done but it appears that the donor area has been overharvested.Perhaps if you let the hair grow several inches those areas will be covered.If not consider Scalp Micropigmentation(SMP)

Sean Behnam, MD · Answer

For hiding the scars generally all you can do is grow your hair out longer, get SMP done, or utilize a combination of both. At a year out from your surgery the scars themselves are probably not going to change any further.

Parsa Mohebi, MD, FISHRS · Answer

You have several options to camouflage your
donor area.  The easiest if to let your
hair grow longer.  The second is
micropigmentation.  The 3rd
would be to have second hair transplant to smooth out the transition zone and
use those grafts to re-enforce the front.

Justin Misko, MD · Answer

There really is very little outside of letting your hair grow longer to hide the donor scars.  You may consider SMP to shade the area and trick the eye with the color contrast.

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