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FUT or Strip scars evolve over several months. It may look great in the beginning but it may widen and stretch over time. In other words you would have to wait at least 6 moths to see the final result of what your scar looks like.
Your scar looks normal for he amount of time since your surgery. Its difficult to say how it will ultimately look because things like your body's natural healing, width of the tissue taking out, and whether your doctor did a trichophytic closure or not. Most likely you'll be able to wear your hair at a 3-4 on the clippers. If it isn't hidden enough once it heals, consider micropigmentation to take away the color contrast between the scar tissue and your dark hair.
Thank you for the photo but it is tough to say what the scar will look like in 6 months or even 6 years. Much depends on genetics, closure, and amount of tissue excised.
At 10 days you cannot predict what the final result of your scar will be as the healing and contraction of the wound takes place over many months. You can evaluate the outcome of your scar between 6 and 12 months, and if it is visible with the length that you want to wear your hair, than you should consider SMP.
Your wound looks healed and normal but the final wound repair and scarring results will take 8-12 months after donor harvesting with donor strip and/or FUE techniques.
If proper techniques were used the scar will be very small and not detectable if you wear your hair at 1/2 to 5/8 inch long. At this point it is difficult to comment on what your final result will be. Did your hair transplant surgeon show you results of FUT scars?
Are there two scars there. At 8 days, the local shave will make it hard to judge what you will have in the long term
Before I get to your questions, I want to address density in hair transplantation. The density of transplanted hair depends on two things: the density of the surrounding healthy native hair and the hair transplant surgeon’s technique and ability. With hair transplants, we strive for natural l...
If your first hair transplant failed and believe it is due to fibrosis or scarring alopecia then your next surgery may also fail.
If you are concerned about your progress after surgery, you should contact your doctor as soon as possible. What you are seeing may be scabs and grafts.
It can take 6 to 12 months after surgery to see results. If you are concerned it is best to contact your doctor.
It is best to ask your surgeon about post operative care as each doctor has their unique regimen. You can probably use any shampoo you like.
It is best to ask your surgeon about post operative care as each doctor has their unique regimen. Most doctors advice you to take it easy for two weeks.
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