Plug Redistribution

Outdated and unnatural hair transplant techniques, such as the old “plug” style of large grafts, can cause extreme distress and emotional pain in hair loss patients who may have had their first (and sometimes, last) hair transplant procedure many years ago.  These grafts were harvested using large punches, as big around as a pencil, and then placed in the balding areas. Although these grafts may have given the impression of good density initially, as the surrounding hair was eventually lost, the patient was left with an embarrassing and unnatural “corn row” or “doll’s hair” appearance.  As techniques improved, smaller grafts became the standard but were still, by no means, natural in appearance.  Thus, we still see patients with larger, inappropriately placed 2, 3 and 4-hair grafts on the frontal hairline.

The development of CIT hair transplant, along with the tools the technique utilizes, has made it possible to correct such poorly planned and executed hair transplants.  Prior to CIT, the only ways to repair these cases were to cut out a “strip” across the hairline to remove the “pluggy” appearance (which, of course, left a linear scar right across the front of the head, requiring many single hair grafts to even attempt camouflage), or to use a small punch to core out and “dig” out the grafts (a crude method at best).

Scar repair Resources

• Hair transplant repair- patient's photos - Repair gallery with patient photos
• Hair transplant repair- patient's videos- Repair video results.
• Hair transplant repair forum - A discussion forum about scar hair transplant repair (general)

Plug Redistribution Results- Examples

Repair » Patient HLE (3)	Repair » Patient DAR (3)	Repair » Patient PLU (5)
Repair » Patient COM (5)