I have only found positive experiences for ht transplants using only beard hair on forums like this and that the donor area heals extremely well and scarring is not noticable.
But I admit I am not a frequent visitor to this or other forums.
While getting some plug removal and other work with Dr Cole about 16 months ago (which I had very good results with) he did a small test area of 22 grafts taken from the lower left area underneath the chin as I have very depleted donor head hair.
We decided to take all the grafts from basically one area so I could better tell how the test area healed.
The donor beard area healed very fast and very well from what I saw. In addition, all the grafts grew, as confirmed by another doctor through his viewing loops.
So recently, I was thinking about undergoing a bigger beard area transplant with Dr Umar to fill in my crown area with about 1000 beard hair grafts.
Now understand, I never noticed before any scarring in the area where the 22 grafts were removed by Dr. Cole. But then as I was pretty much set to go to have the procedure with Dr Umar, I looked more closely at the area where the test extractions were done.
Which is then I noticed when I pinch the donor area or tilt my head to the left to make the skin have slack and protude forward (not taut against my neck), that there was some scarring.
I then started getting scared thinking this doesn't look like much scarring - but it was only 22 extractions.
I thought to myself this isn't much and I didn't notice it until now - but multiply this amount of scarring by 45 - and the beard area scarring could end up very bad.
I was also thinking as I get older and my skin starts to sag, this type of scarring would be more noticable.
I also was thinking, this is just not healthy for the skin and could lead to premature aging of the skin. I have heard before that men with a lot beard hair age better as beard hair has a natural moisturizing effect on the face. (I read this why often women's face age more quickly than men).
So I basically got scared and canceled my procedure with Dr Umar (who was, along with his staff extremely responsive and nice - even when canceling. I did lose my down payment but I do think that was fair and have no complaints about that).
So I was real upset that I couldn't let myself do the procedure, as I knew as far as the recipient area, the results would be what I want. And also that my beard is a monster and I have thicker and more beard hair than anyone I know.
So I was just wondering for other people how the scarring of their beard area transplant turned out (have they looked at it when its not taut against the neck?).
Or anyone else's opinions about beard donor hair scarring or what they have read or heard.
Thanks.