Will my hair regrow on scalp around the stitched area?

Question

I had a head surgery 3 days ago and the doctor shaved a bit of my hair before making an icision on scalp and operating. He stitched the incision back up. My question is will my hair regrow around the scar? I am aware that they wont grow from the scar but will they grow back in the area around the scar which the doctor shaved. Thank you for any help.

Sara Salas, MD · Answer

Yes hair should grow around the stitches provided there is no shock loss around the stitches. Shock loss is rare and fortunately even if there is shock loss, this will grow back.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

Yes, hair will grow up  sides of stitches but you may have a long, 2-4 mm width pretty visible scar on back of your head in FUT technique because doctor has to cut your skin to harvest a strip of skin as a source of grafts and suture this skin gap to close .

Amit Gupta, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Hello Good Evening and thank you for your question.  FUT when closed under trichophytic closure the hair follicles surrounding the area will certainly continue to grow hair and also the scar should be only about 2-3 mm, which should be hardly visible when the hair in the donor area is 1-2 cms in length. 
Regards,

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

The hair should grow around the stitch area if the stiitches were not put in very tight and too far from the leading edge

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