Wanted this for a long time - left me with a hideous scar

I am officially almost 10 months post op & I had my hair transplant surgery about 3 weeks ago to cover the hideous scar that Dr. Houssock left me with. I’ll leave a separate review about the surgeon who did my hair transplant because I had a great experience with the practice.
Throughout this journey I’ve communicated to Dr. Houssock my concerns about the excessive scarring. Once I had what appeared to be a separation of the incision I knew the scar would be entirely too obvious. But I tried to be positive since that’s all I could do. By month 6 no hair was sprouting from the incision & she switched to saying that no hair would grow through the incision - only behind. This isn’t what I was told at all. By her or other surgeons. Once I accepted that a hair transplant would be necessary I approached Dr. Houssock about the surgery only for her office to send me a $8000+ estimate for the procedure. The only concession that was extended was a free PRP injection (valued at $1500 for just ONE injection. Which is highway robbery). She didn’t offer to see me and determine if a scar revision was possible or anything. Her office is clearly just focused on money and getting patients in and out. I’m a very reasonable person but her office just didn’t think they had any part to play in the scarring I’ve been left with.
Needless to say I have ceased all communication with her practice and I DO NOT recommend going to her. Especially if you’re a person of color. She does not have expertise in dealing with skin of color.
I’ve gone to three other hair transplant surgeons/plastic surgeons and they’re quite surprised that she wants to charge so much to fix the issue she created. Another surgeon said that because of the width of the scarring a second forehead reduction would be necessary to remove the scar. I don’t want to put myself through that all over again so I opted for a hair transplant. So far so good. I just hope the recipient areas get enough blood flow on the left side of my hairline because that is where the scar is the widest.
She clearly put too much tension during the procedure, and that’s an indication of her lack of expertise in assessing tension. The left side of the incision was is still sore prior to my hair transplant. I feel like there was a great deal of tension on that side so it is still slightly separated. That’s the best way I can explain the sensation I’m feeling. .
Bottom line, if you want a practice that ensures they’ll correct issues and not leave you worse off post procedure, avoid Dr. Houssock at all cost. Dr. Epstein in Miami is the surgeon I should’ve had this procedure with & I am regretting letting Dr. Houssock do this surgery.

Unfortunately my biggest ear about the width of the scar has come to pas & I'm now having to figure out what my options are because the lack of hair around the incision is really quite obvious. In hindsight going to a surgeon who utilizes endotines would have been the best option and is my recommendation to other people considering this surgery. The endotines would significantly reduce the tension if the surgeon isn't well versed in assessing scalp laxity but still wants to give patients as much lowering as possible.

Just sharing photos. The scar is disappearing but by bit. The corners are the slowest at healing & no hair has come through the corners of the incision & I’m going to bring that up to my surgeon. I’m thinking of waiting until early next year to decide if I’ll do hair transplants because I may just be a slow healer so I may not be seeing full results just yet. My forehead is smaller, I just need my hairline to fill in. The Silagen is really helping & I’m still using it twice a day. My scalp itches like crazy sometimes & when I tap the top of my head my nerves tingle towards my hairline. Lol. It’s such a weird (not bad) sensation.