Hello,

I posted this as an update to another thread of mine, but didn't get any responses.

I had a hair transplant 6 months ago with Dr. Ross in La Jolla, CA. This was a transplant into scar tissue.

It doesn't seem like that great of a result to me, but if so, I'm sure it's because of the scar tissue, not the doctor.

Is hair transplantation for me? (18-year-old male)

Let me know what you guys think.

Would a second surgery help significantly?

Thanks,
Keith

Hello,

I posted this as an update to another thread of mine, but didn't get any responses.

I had a hair transplant 6 months ago with Dr. Ross in La Jolla, CA. This was a transplant into scar tissue.

It doesn't seem like that great of a result to me, but if so, I'm sure it's because of the scar tissue, not the doctor.

Is hair transplantation for me? (18-year-old male)

Let me know what you guys think.

Would a second surgery help significantly?

Thanks,
Keith

Keith,

Can you give us a little more detail about your surgery? How many grafts did you receive and where? Do you have before or surgical photos we can look at?

6 months is still too early to evaluate the final result. It's a good idea to give the result a full year to grow in before drawing a proper conclusion.

Best wishes,

Bill

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crown area + scar hmmmm.... it will take much longer to see final results than a regular HT that's for sure. 6 months is nothing. i'd give it a year and a half for final conclusion.

how did you get that scar so big if you don't mind me asking?

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Hi guys,

See the original thread for surgical photos:
Is hair transplantation for me? (18-year-old male)

I received 357 grafts in the crown area. There's a longer scar down the back isn't shown well in the "update" photos. I received 275 grafts there.

I was born with "aplasia cutis" and had 2 plastic surgeries to reduce the size of the round scar, but they just changed the shape of the scar after stretching.

http://dermnetnz.org/lesions/aplasia-cutis.html

Thanks,
Keith

hey thanks for the extra info.
so are you happy with those 2 procedures? sounds to me that scalp reduction was performed on both patches correct? not sure if 630 grafts are enough for 2 big scars but i could be wrong.
the bottom line is wait and see and eventually time will tell.
don't stress about nothing and just relax you'll be fine

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Actually, the 2 plastic surgeries were NOT hair transplants. They basically removed the bald spot and sewed my scalp back up. (That's how I got the long scar in back)

This hair transplant surgery was done after these 2 plastic surgeries essentially failed.

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that looks pretty good so far for ht in scar tissue. you will need another ht or 2 over time. the coarseness & wildness should calm down over time.

good luck
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