Transhair

So it's obvious that you're not meant to do it from the post op instructions, but with Australia being in a bit of a heat wave, the heat and humidity caused me to sweat quite a bit when leaving the hotel for food. I wasn't leaking beads of sweat like when you exercise at the gyn but was kind of covered in a damp mist that I could also feel on my scalp. Basically sweating enough to wet the scalp but my hair was still dry.

This is all basically immediately after the session (within 4 hours).

It looks fine so far, but could this lead to a massive fading that ruins the result much quicker?

At 1 month post op most of those hairs are probably just dangling on and are about to fall out.

From what I've seen hair transplants usually grow more upwards compared to normal hair.

All of my scars like, ever, have become white.

They probably still had some lingering red/pinkness that was making them blend in with your skin better beforehand.

Mostly just curious, like is there something about the back of the head that doesn't work well for this stuff?

Just having my scar done it tickled a bunch but no pain whatsoever. If you don't like tickling it can be hard to keep your head still at first but you adjust pretty quickly. Can't say for virgin skin, though

I had temporary SMP so my post op regime would be closer to what your last paragraphs mention, but I think you're being a big hyperolic or even deliberately attacking temporary SMP with the way you've phrased it. Even AheadInk uses a 'sealing cream' or something along those lines in the aftercare I've never seen a clinic that mentions not shampooing fr 8 weeks.

So I'm looking into repairing my scar, hopefully by the end of 2018, and mainly just want to ask as to who the best surgeons are in regards to repairing scars. I'm imagining surgeons that work with staples instead of stitches are a pretty high priority due to being able to leave them in longer.

I've got the usual thoughts of Konior, Hasson and Wong, and Cooley, but are there any European elite surgeon for strips still?

The scar itself is 1.3cm at the back of my head and tapers down to 3mm or smaller right at the sides past my ears.

I've just had SMP into the scar and the advice I received was to place antiseptic ointment on the SMP area twice daily for 4 days, but looking online there's clinics that have strict no touching the SMP area whatsoever aftercare and claim that it'll remove the ink.

Is it just different ink types?

They're probably erring on the side of caution. The skin would also still be healing and some may feel that it can cause irritation or even infection if you mess with it, probably.

Surgeons have to pay to keep their recommendations here, so I don't really see any disrespect from Feller's side if he wants to make a forum. The recommended surgeons list is basically just advertising, except the admins take steps to ensure the they trust clinics they promote. It's not a special favour or anything like that.

And more lists of good surgeons is hardly a bad thing.

Hi, I'd just like to ask to as if anyone has experience with any Australian locations?

I know of SMP clinic, who are a Beauty Medical company like Ahead Ink is, but both of their listed phone numbers are disconnected and they haven't responded to any emails over 3 months of trying.

Maybe he's busier than usual or your emails are being seen as spam or something?

I've found konior to be probably the easiest surgeon to contact ever, literally receiving replies within like 20 minutes of emailing him at the right times

If you're lucky, none. Most good surgeons do an angled closure so that hair grows through it, which should be good enough if it heals well.

If not, maybe a full half CM past the scar, just looking at my head

Likely very thin.

You'd be better of with SMP

Thanks for the responses. I was hoping that it fully went back to normal as I'm looking into scar SMP to cover it up while I wait for a strip repair.

Just curious about how the skin fixes itself after stretching. Will it always be tighter after FUT, or does it regain the original pre surgery laxity after a few years?

The shaved picture looks kind of moth eaten at the bottom. I think you might have donor thinning

Looks fairly low density, with noticeable gaps inbetween the grafts. Will definitely be see through, but it might blend and sort of fade into your existing hair.

Did Konior raise his price?

I wanted to go to him for my eventual repair but this may have completely priced me out

It can be normal, but you should contact your clinic about it and/or see a local doctor. I was given doxycycline for a similar issue.

Doesn't look too bad to me outside of the low density.

Not seeing the inflammation or the fat plug look.

You've got good surgeons in your sights with Hasson and Wong and Erdogan, so just keep researching and you'd probably be fine for 1000 or so grafts in there.

It doesn't look too bad anymore. But it's still low density enough to be see through in harsh or bathroom type lighting (or Uniqlo lights), and it took 4000 grafts to get here when I had a relatively small surface area.

So, there's no growth in the sense of new hairs since the one year point and I still need to look into SMP or something to fix it (currently using dermatch). But the hairs maturing has helped a bit to cover it up and I've taken some pictures outdoors to show the improvement compared to my very disappointing one year result.

Just a random though, but seeing photos of both cis and trans women, they seem to commonly have redness/pinkness in the recipient still after long periods like 6 months post op.

The photos I'm thinking of in particular were seen from looking at Dr Konior and Gabel's post op results, so there's no question of surgeon skill.

Maybe it comes from softer, dryer skin as well as generally being more pale?

Thanks for the suggestions. I consulted with some Australian surgeons last year and one said that they felt they could get 1500 grafts out and the other (knudsen) said 600 wouldn't be an issue, so I'm hoping my laxity is good for just a scar removal on its own. Will definitely dedicate myself to laxity exercises before I organised it though. It'll be 2018 and at least 2 years post op from my last surgery.

Thanks for the Lindey suggestion too, I will get into contact with him as well.