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Hello and thank you for your question. It can take at least 6 months for the scar to heal. If its been a t least 6 months then I would see your surgeon and see what he/she can do about flattening it.
On average, it can take from 6 months to a year for scars to fully mature. If you are having a slightly raised scar after an FUT, it is best to see your surgeon as measures can be taken to help flatten the scar.
A scar from hair transplant should always ideally heal in a flat manner. It may start off bumpy but should improve over the next year. For scars that are still bumpy or hypertrophic or not changing after several months, you may require steroid injections to flatten the scar or a scar revision to improve the scar and make it less noticeable. Hope this helps!Johnson C. Lee, MDBoard-Certified Plastic Surgeon
In general it can take around 6 months for a FUT scar to heal. From the sutures or staples, the size of the strip including how wide and the length as well as taking into account the skin laxity. When healed the scar should be flush with the surrounding hair, not raised.
If your surgeon does a proper closure and you heal properly, you should have a flat area. If you have any problems and concerns you should contact your doctor for an evaluation.
The scars should heal flat and not wide. If the scar is wide and has a bulge on it and you are more than a few months after the surgery, the surgeon can inject it with a steroid and flatten it.
Very understandable concern. While the transplanted follicles will be genetically resistant to balding, future hair loss and hair thinning in other areas is always possible. Further hair loss, however, may not appear for another ten or fifteen years, depending on your hair’s stability. Many hai...
It is safe to use polysporin on the scalp immediately post op. Polysporin does not kill the grafts.
Hello. I noticed you wrote in a few months back and am wondering how you’re doing. Have you decided what to do? If you haven’t already I would see a reputable hair loss specialist and see what are your best options. Best wishes.Dr. T
Hello and thank you for your question. It is really difficult to tell by only looking at your pictures. Many factors can play a part in what make you think that your procedure failed, such as thinning out of native hair that was there before the procedure. I suggest you to have a second opinion...
Shock loss is a transient stage of hair dropping after a hair transplant operation, and it is estimated to be a passing condition. It is the effect of trauma to the scalp which occurs due to several reasons. Most of the time, it is fleeting and re-growth of strands are seen after a specific...
From the pictures provided, it does look like overharvesting has been done. But it will be better to wait for 3 to 4 months before making the diagnosis because if it is a shock loss then they would recover on their own. You should start applying 5% minoxidil in this area. And if there is no...