Hi I am 4 weeks post op fue and still have a lot of redness in the recipient areas. Are there any suggestions on how to reduce the redness? I have been applying distilled witch hazel for the last week which does not seem to be doing anything. I have also been applying a topical steroid which did reduce a bit of the swelling but not the redness. Thanks
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A-Cell has worked well for my patients in promoting scar healing and minimizing them as well. Most scar medicines like the ones you listed don't have studies to prove their effectiveness. But I don't believe any of them would cause harm, so if you feel as if they may help you go for it.
Although it is not possible and maybe even pointless to try and answer this type of question without doing a live examination, we can make some rough calculations for the donor capacity of above the average patients.
10.000-12.000 life time grafts - assuming the hair per graft average is...
There is no way to grow grafts, the amount you have is finite and if too many have been taken you'll have to look to other methods to camouflage the area. To grow transplanted hairs there isn't much to do, some methods people say are useful but there's no scientific study to confirm their...
