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Thanks for the replies guys. @Petchski - it's definitely not the worst case of cobblestoning I've seen, however it's still cobblestoning! It's really difficult to get a clear enough photo of it. I'll see if I can get a better one to upload here but I haven't had much luck. If it is in fact cobblestoning, would you think I've got reasonable grounds to request compensation from my surgeon? Within the forms I signed before surgery there was a clause that stated that I understood cobblestoning was a potential consequence of hair transplant surgery, however if it's only caused by surgical error and not due to my own susceptibility to it I don't see how a clause like that could be enforceable. I just want to get it smoothed out - I shouldn't have it in the first place!

Are you sure they are normal? I actually had a dermatologist who has experience with hair transplants ask me whether I had a hair transplant during a consultation for an entirely different condition - he noticed the raised bumps on my hairline and he was on the other side of the table! He told me it was very obvious and the recipient area should be undetectable if done properly, which is what has prompted me to question my results.

Hi all, I had 2500 grafts transplanted via FUE by a leading hair transplant surgeon in the US (at the moment I'd rather not mention who it is) back in August 2013. I've been concerned about cobblestoning in the recipient area - see attached photos. In the close-up photos I'm not pulling the hair, just simply holding it back and not pulling from the roots. Those bumps are always visible looking at the hair line under direct light, and feel like hard scar tissue when touched. I contacted my surgeon with the attached photos who told me the bumps to him looked like they were from me pulling my hair and to send clearer photos, however I've been finding it difficult to get clearer shots than what I've supplied. I live in Australia so unfortunately heading to the clinic for a consultation is not an option at the moment. Based on the attached photos do I have cobblestoning in the recipient area, or is it some form of inflammation? It has been over two years since my surgery so I doubt that it is inflammation. And if it is cobblestoning, is this usually only ever a consequence of surgery solely attributable to surgeon error (i.e. the surgeon botched my surgery)? I went to one of the leading hair restoration surgeons in the world (who is also a Hair Transplant Network Coalition Surgeon and a member of IAHRS), so I am perplexed that I have received such poor results regarding the bumps considering the fact that I was under the impression that cobblestoning pretty much never happened these days. What recourse do I have available to me? Do I have a right to request some form of compensation from my surgeon to rectify the cobblestoning? I've read that some people have had success with smoothing out cobblestoning using Fraxel laser, so I would like to try that out to see if it does me any good. Unless anyone on this forum knows of any other potential treatments for the cobblestoning/bumps on my head? Thanks!