I’ve seen a few pictures of black spots when someone has a beard transplant and then clean shaves. All the websites say that your transplant behaves like a normal beard, but if I clean shave now there are no marks. My question is, if I clean shave after having a beard transplant, will there be permanent black spots and what are they? Are they scars and do they improve or can they be treated. Thanks.
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Answer: If I shave after a Beard Transplant will there be permanent black spots?
If you are still experiencing folliculitis with redness, pustules (pus bumps), etc around the transplanted grafts, I would recommend seeing a dermatologist. There are topical (clindamycin) and oral antibiotics (doxycycline) that can sometimes be helpful depending on your case. Once the...
Unfortunately, there is no solution to restore an over-harvested donor area. The extracted grafts will not grow hair any more on the donor area. We can just recommend you to do micro-pigmentation to fill out the spots. Also, you are 1 month post-op, the healing is still in process. It is better...
This may be due to overharvesting.During an FUE procedure, the grafts should always be harvested in a random and homogeneous pattern with adequate spacing between harvest sites. When the surgeon follows this rule, the effect is barely noticeable. The remaining hair surrounding the extracted hair...