I would like to laser some of my transplanted hair so that I can return to my natural hairline because my current hairline is too low. Is this possible? Would fraxel resurfacing help the skin to return to normal? Can anyone suggest a doctor who has done of does this type of work? Thanks
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August 6, 2015
Answer: You can laser away hairs but it may still leave or expose underlying scar.
Jae Pak, MDHair Restoration Surgeon, Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Hair from other parts of the body like arms,
chest, legs, pubic hair and beard hair has been used for hair transplant when a
person runs out of good scalp donor hair. As I said, you should first use your scalp hair because it is better hair and grows for a longer period of time.
Concealing strip scars can be achieved by inserting hair follicle grafts into the linear tissue. These can be harvested from other regions of your scalp. Our clinic has also designed specialized Follicular Unit Extraction technology to safely extract body (as well as head hair) as viable g...
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When you say silky hair I assume you mean low caliber hair. Now lets look at your question from a different perspective. Would the same number of low caliber silky hairs give as much coverage as coarser high caliber hair? The answer is no. The reason for this is that what we see in the...
