Is it possible to remove 5000 grafts of incorrectly placed hair and put them back correctly?

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I had a hair transplant of 5000 grafts in istanbul about 9 months ago despite the fact that it doesn't look like 5000 grafts it looks more like 3500 grafts and the worst thing is that all the hair have grown pointing upwards to sky specially from my right side and also pointing towards my side (ear) Is it possible to remove all the hair and place them correctly? And if so what is the risk of damaging grafts by removing them and putting them back? Many thanks

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

Once the hairs are in, it is very difficult to take out and re-implant even with the FUE method.  Any attempt to remove the implanted hairs with FUE will leave scarring.  It can also result in transection and a waste of the hair follicle (no growth).  You may look worse trying to remove the transplanted hair.  You may still have some options but it will not be perfect.

Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD · Answer

A small number could be removed 100-20, but not all. A small proportion of hairs would not survive this transfer process so in the end you would definitely have less density.

Rashid M. Rashid, PhD, MD · Answer

Yes, we often have patients want grafts re-oriented.  Often this happens when an overzealous FUT procedure is done with over 4k grafts.  With such large cases, it becomes hard to stay focused and prep that many sites.   But, the fix is possible. However, it is not as easy and the success rate isnt as good.  Often we do this in stages i.e we reorient some and home the new angles push down the others and thus dont risk all the grafts having to be reoriented.  To do this, you have to do it via the FUE procedure.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

I have written about this before:  When and if something goes wrong, a doctor in
Turkey can’t follow you, if the transplant does not work you have no recourse,
no Yelp, no Realself with doctor references and credentials, no Chamber of
Commerce or Medical Board to complain to. If there are serious complications
what will you do? Do you know how many people died in Turkey because of
malpractice errors in anesthesia? Many of these clinic surgeries and the
anesthesia given, are performed, not by doctors, but by technicians. What you
are buying are technicians doing surgery without a medical degree of any type
and no skill to manage problems that happen. My group has performed over 15,000
surgeries since 1992 (no deaths) and have seen health issues arise, but with my
extensive training and education I know how to recognize problems before they
become life-threatening. We monitor our patients hearts and breathing to
anticipate problems, do the Turkey clinics do this? Do you think that these
uneducated technicians doing your surgery will know how to do mange problems
that arise?Fortunately, there may be solutions with scalp micropoigmentation and shaving your head but we would have to evaluate you first. See video below and another website called: smp.pics

Sheldon S. Kabaker, MD FACS (retired) · Answer

iIf you were bald enough to have 5000 grafts, you may likely have used up most of your donor material. Perhaps you can find a FUE expert who can extract these hairs and regraft them. It would be expensive and time consuming.

Is it possible to remove 5000 grafts of incorrectly placed hair and put them back correctly?

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Answer: Hair transplant are relatively permanent.

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Is it possible to remove 5000 grafts of incorrectly placed hair and put them back correctly?

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Answer: Hair transplant are relatively permanent.

Answer: Hair transplant are relatively permanent.

Answer: Replace 5000 grafts

Answer: Replace 5000 grafts

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