This is mainly a question for anyone living in the UK but it would be good to know if other areas have the same.

Are there any hairdressers in the UK specialising in cutting transplanted hair? It would be good if there was a place that could cut and style your too get the best out of your transplant and different stages.

I know it wouldn't be practical to keep travelling many miles to get it cut but it would be good to be shown what would look best then you could ask for the same cut by a local barber.

Ive used the same hairdresser for 20 years , basically you want the back and sides long enough to cover any scarring for me number 4 length but cut with scissors not clippers , on top leave it longer creates a better illusion of density. Stay away from any trainee with clippers and tell them straight start with the scissors taper it down later with clippers
regards ej

Yeah, I was thinking pretty much the same thing. I know any good hairdresser would understand and help with your needs but then I dont want to sit in a hairdressers explaining Ive had a hair transplant with people waiting behind me.

There's a place in London just off Baker St.

It's a smarter than average men's barbers that specialises mainly in expenive hairloss shampoos, toppix and hair systems.

I went there once and they sent me to the hack Dr May at the Wimpole Clinic. I ran away when he said he wanted to lower my hairline an inch!!!

But despite that they do have lots of HT patients in for a haircut and or a hair system blend in cut so there is no need to be embarrassed.

I went back once for my first cut after FUE in NYC and they were impressed. They'd never see FUE.

this is it....

http://www.shaunsofmarylebone.com

To be honest though, HT hair is hair. A good hairdresser will give you the same result (if not better) than a hairdresser that cuts HT hair on a regular basis. I may be wrong but I'd expect to get a better cut at a proper salon than I would going to a guy that works in a wig shop.

The only advantage I see is that you won't be as embarrassed going to a hairdresser that deals with HT's on a regular basis.

Thanks for the info shanti, yeah its mainly the embarrassment factor.

Also Ive not had a proper hair cut in maybe 12 years lol what with hiding under a hat so I have no idea what to ask for... but again a nice salon will be better in that area.

London is a little too far for me, I think - I may try find a stylist that does home visits.

my hairdresser knows i have a scar but doesnt know how it got there.

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I think Shanti is correct. As to the scar, hairdressers are often very candid on whether a patient has a good or bad scar. If you wind up with a fine line, you will likely go under even an astute hairdresser's eye.

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Hairfreak,
I have been doing hair transplants for 21 years, so I overlapped a couple of years during the "plug era," when all we had was the large 4mm 18-24 hair plugs. At that time I knew of two hair salons that did an outstanding job of cutting and styling a few of my patients' hair so that the transplants looked remarkably natural, so I would steer other patients of mine to these hairdressers. Since the grafts have become much smaller and the sessions larger, this is totally unnecessary and I feel any good hairdresser can do an equally good job with transplanted hair as with normal native hair in a non-balding male. Obviously, depending on how thin or wide the donor scar is, they have to be aware of some minimal length to leave the hair so that the scar doesn't show. The width of the scar in most instances is directly related to how many transplant procedures they have had. Most men with either one or two surgeries look almost undetectable. When you get up to 3 or 4, then it can get 2-4mm wide sometimes. Usually hair at least one-half inch long will cover almost any scar.
Mike Beehner, M.D.