HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM

as of right now, scalp hair is more predictable and should be used if donor supply is not an issue. If an issue, that is your headed for high degrees of baldness, then IMO body hair should be attempted at first or in conjunction with scalp.

Yes,but one of those scar patients that Michelle linked to looked like he had plenty of scalp donor hair. At least, I'm sure they could find 80 scalp hairs instead of using body hair.

Often the patients will opt to use all body hair or a combo because they just want to keep all available scalp hair in reserve for future loss. This is ultimately the patients decision to some degree if he has the donor resources to use either BHT or FIT.

I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on this plan:

If this patient did FUE until no more density could be achieved and then got black dots tattooed into any gaps, wouldn't this scar be mostly undetectable except to extremely close inspection? I think would he would be able to shave it just like in the second photo.

i haven't seen one patient that had a tatoo to cover a scar and was satisfied with the results.
In the other hand, small dots might work just fine and i think it's a good idea.
For most of the patients tiny white dots are not an issue tho...

but the question is... how many people have been satisfied with (fue) done on there scalp? im sure that its getting better but is it worth the time and $ and frustration? i just think dr cole needs to post more pics or more examples of this type of job. waiting..thanx

I'm not suggesting doing tattoo instead of FUE, I'm suggesting using tattoo to create the illusion of density after FUE.

Let me ask this question, can FUE into the scar create the same density as the surrounding original donor?

I have yet to see a picture of this. I've seen close, maybe 70-80%, but not 100%. Buzzed close, you can still tell that there is something "funny" going on. The area of the scar is recognizable.

Now, if the remaining gaps were filled with small dots to give the illusion of the same density, then I would think this would work pretty well. No? Can FUE restore 100% density?

For example, I think the patient above would be pretty close with 1-2 more sessions. If a few dots were scattered through after that, I would think he would be able shave it like he has in the picture and unless you got an inch away, you would not be able to tell there was a scar.

It is possible to create the density of surround hair into a scar. If I guy has a 30cm long, 2mm wide strip scar it can be done. The scar area to cover in this case is 6cm2 (30 x .2). If the surrounding hair averages 80FUs/cm2, simply multiply this number by 6 (80 x 6 = 480). With about 480 FITs one could restore this scar. The problem is that it might take more than one pass to get a perfect yield. Also the distorted hair angles of the donor (caused to the closure tension of the strip) will not be corrected.

Some guys are not so luck to get a 2mm scar. The patient in the pics above has a much wider scar. With a wide scar many grafts are needed. One must be very passionate about fixing their scar in order to dense pack it. This means more than one session and many grafts. In addition their is no guarantee that head can be shaved to the bone after this effort. Certainly the area will look better though.

That's great! Are there any pictues of someone with a dense packed scar?

I think a lot of guys would like to be able to just get down to a #1 or #2 guard and this sounds like it would make it possible.

Some guys can cut down to a #2 with an ungrafted strip scar. I have seen this with some of our patients. Most of time even a thin strip will limit styling options though.

I can't think of a dense pack revision case that has given a release.