Hi Fightingbaldness

Its difficult to answer your question really as the normal rules of grafts per cms sq dont really apply , scars are all different , length, width , raised ,indented, etc ,so growth can be unpredictable, its difficult to work out an amount of grafts that you would be happy with, compared to someone else

Dr Bisanga grafted at a low density into my scars to give the grafts the best chance of survival , the plan is to increase the density with a second procedure once the blood supply has been established , this gives the best overall yeild

If your plan is to have a strip procedure and try to graft into it afterwards to make it unnoticable cut very short , I would say this would be difficult to achieve ,if not impossible , perhaps fue only would be a better route for you to take, and the one I wish I had taken !

If you have no scar at the moment perhaps you may get more advice if you post some pictures of your current situation

hope this helps

ej

Thanks ej. i wouldnt just do fue into strip. i would also do scalp pigmentation. iv seen cover up on scars using this on his hair clinic website tht look pretty good , not invisible, but good enough for me, and with the added fue as well, id be happy. Its just for in the case in 5/10 years say and my crown goes properly and i carnt afford another ht.
As for pics im going to upload soon, but will have to use my iphone, crnt afford a new digi cam at the min with my saving schedule for a ht!! gonna upload this weekend so your opinion would be great.

no worries , would be good to see your pictures , everyone on here is pretty helpful and I would expect you will get some good advice

I have seen a norwood 6 fully restored using scalp and beard hair ( fue ) , in hindsight that would my preferable route , no one can predict the future and what may happen, I prefer to stay on the side of caution , good to get a long term plan taking into account your donor supply and finances ! and go from there

Re scalp pigmentation im unsure about that , i read a post were a guy was going to get a test patch on his leg and see what it looked like after a year , sounded like a good idea to me !

regards

ejj

Believe me if i could afford fue all over my head i would lol. i can save up enough money this year to have 4000+ fut , id choose dr rahal. Then whatever happens in the future happens im quite optimistic about things so im sure 5 years dwn the line there will be alot more advances, things can only get better from here and top coalition surgeons are already doing a brill job.

Any updates EJ ???

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Hairline Repair + Scar Revision via BHT FUE with Dr. Feriduni on July 3, 2013
Scar Tricopigmentation with Dr. Koray Erdogan on May 3, 2013
2500 FUT (Hairline Repair) with Dr. Rahal on July 26, 2011
My Hair Treatments:
1- Alpecin Double Effect Shampoo (Daily)
2- Keratene Alphactive Retard Capsules (Once a day)
3- MOPC world Minoxidil 10% + Azelaic Acid 5% (Once a day)
My Rahal HT thread http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.co...ne-repair.html

post op and ten month later !

regards

ej

Thanks EJ, Now I understand why Spex and Jotronic tried not to encourage me to FUE my scar directly. Yielding indeed is low. I guess scar revision worthes a shot at first. However I knew EJ that you didn't have another choice. I wish you get better results and extra coverage.

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Hairline Repair + Scar Revision via BHT FUE with Dr. Feriduni on July 3, 2013
Scar Tricopigmentation with Dr. Koray Erdogan on May 3, 2013
2500 FUT (Hairline Repair) with Dr. Rahal on July 26, 2011
My Hair Treatments:
1- Alpecin Double Effect Shampoo (Daily)
2- Keratene Alphactive Retard Capsules (Once a day)
3- MOPC world Minoxidil 10% + Azelaic Acid 5% (Once a day)
My Rahal HT thread http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.co...ne-repair.html

Hi Hariri

no worries , im still getting hairs breaking through the surface , Dr Bisanga says beard grafts into scar take a lot longer to grow than standard scalp hair , so will get some pictures up in May at 12 months and assess the growth then .

During my consultations on how best to repair my situation I was offered further strip procedures but declined , Dr Bisanga informed me that the best and safest way forward for me was fue and i agreed as I didnt want to make my situation worse ,.... so fue for me was an educated decision I arrived at after many consultations

will update soon

ej

Thanks ej for sharing your experience, I am a follower

How's your beard ? are you able to shave with a razor without anyone noticing the scars ? Would you mind sharing photos of your beard ? I see you had extraction from the chin and down the neck. What will happen if you let your beard to grow ?? patchiness ??

Also did Dr.Bisanga estimated the yield % of your beard hairs ?

Thanks again, I see the difference and I think your scar look better, maybe in the next few months you will notice more better results.

Hi Nasser

This was taken 3 months after procedure , I will get all pictures updated soon as its difficult to photograph the back of my head , yes i can shave down , wet razor shave , no visible marks at all , no patchiness to my beard .

Dr Bisanga intends to assess the growth next month so will update % yeild wise then , at the moment still got little hairs breaking the surface

Thanks

ej