FIT grafted on a Scar results with full shaved head!

forhair

This patient had several strip surgeries in the years prior to presenting to our office 7 months months ago. He desired to shave his head. Unfortunately, this exposes the strip scar.

Strip scars tend to widen with progressive procedures. no one can predict the width of the scar. Another problem with strip surgeries is that the scar often turns quite pink and can stay pink like you see in these before photographs indefinately. The final problem we often see with strip scars is the change in hair growth direction or angle. The hairs above the scar have a more acute angle to the skin while the hairs below the scar are directed more vertically so that they can even grow upward toward the top of the scalp rather than downward toward the feet.

These photographs depict some of the changes you can anticipate by grafting into scars. First the most obvious signs of strip scaring are decreased by adding hair. Another major advantage is that the pink color of the strip scar fades as we graft follicular units into the scar.

One final point is worth noting. We can make strip scars much better by grafting into them, but it can be very difficult to conceal them to the point that you will be able to shave your head. It is best to avoid strip procedures if concealment is a primary concern for you.

orrible*

Looks like thats a real improvement on the scar that was montrous to start with. Could you post a picture of the entire back of head? Does the guy feel comfortbale to wear his head shaved now?

forhair

I'm limited with the photographs of this guy, He usually goes with his hair shaved but not fully shaved like in the after photos....more like in the befores. He shaved it to the bone just for the surgery.
The scars are still visible with fully shaved head although they got extremely faded, It will be interesting if he will come for photos with his hair shaved but a little bit longer...say 2-3 guard.

Bradley

I think I can see the FIT extraction sites in the after photos. Small whitish dots dispursed abouve the strip scar. If the patient had his head shaved below a #1 guard (?), that is impressive! ForHair, am I accurate or just seeing things?

Excatly why I would never get a strip. Ever. If I were forty and was a norwood 3, I would consider it, but it would still take some convincing - although it is true that some fo the new closure techniques are vast improvements...

FITLocks

Bradely - yup, what you are seeing are gaps where FU's were extracted from.

forhair

Bradley, take in mind that the after photo with the extractions sites is an extremely close-op shut, we have a 12Pix camera...if you see him in person even when he was shaved to the bone like in this photo you will have a hard time to see those gaps.

Bradley

Im very impressed! Any results on the DEM procedure? would love to see some pics of BHT replacing donor areas and growing.

Skywalker

Forhair,
how many grafts did this guy have extracted 7 months ago? I cannot remember.

Michelle · Hello, everyone. This patient had 350g into his scar on 6/9/04.

Hello, everyone. This patient had 350g into his scar on 6/9/04.

Sprouts

I'm thinking that additional graftings into the scar might make it less and less detectable. Am I correct in thinking this? If further work were done to get the hair counts and direction to mimic the surrounding hairs, along with fading pigment, would it be possible to get the gentleman into a nice 1 guard?