Will there be visible marks or scars in the donor area when completely shaved?

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Will an eyebrow transplant leave scars or visible marks in the neck donor area if you're fully shaved as I am and plan to continue beeing? Thanks in advance!

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

Any cut on your skin will leave a scar.  FUE will definitely leave a visible scar if you shave your head.

David Deutsch, MD · Answer

I assume you had an FUE and probably not more than 500 or so grafts.If these were widely distributed throughout the donor area it should be difficult to detect with the head shaved.Keep in mind though that each graft harvest site can leave a tiny white circular scar.

Justin Rome, MD · Answer

If you completely shave, I would do FUE over FUT (strip).  Reason being its much less obvious than a linear scar.  I also find that robotic FUE leave less of a scaring risk over manual FUE because of the delicate blunt dissection. Also, if you're really concerned, you can try scalp micro-pigmentation to the donor area to mask the FUE marks.  You can similarly try this with a linear FUT scar however it is much less noticeable again with FUE.  Good luck. Dr. Rome

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

If you remove the eyebrow hairs, if the surgeon did only one hair grafts and trimmed off all of the skin at the time of the transplant, it is unlikely that there will be marks from the eyebrow transplant

Cory Torgerson, MD, PhD, FRCSC - Account Suspended · Answer

The scars left from an FUE transplant are less then 1mm and therefore are barely noticeable if done properly. As long as they are spread out and an area is not over-harvested, which should not be a problem with an eyebrow transplant.

Will there be visible marks or scars in the donor area when completely shaved?

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