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Good afternoon everyone, I just wanted to make this thread to share an experience of mine & perhaps receive some input from you guys on this website. 

i hate my transplant that I did along the hairline (at only 20yrs old), looks very unnatural and hairs are too thick, also placed far too far forward and too straight. its been 3 years since the transplant and for the past 6 months I have been plucking them out which seems to work, however the skin where the transplant had been done is a whiter and brighter then the rest of the face and under light you can see tiny holes in the skin 😔 I have done 6 dermapen / microneedling sessions, to try and correct that area but tbh there is barely any difference and the serum the lady used I think made the area even brighter. Any other suggestions on what could be done to get the skin looking more natural would be greatly appreciate, or is my only way forward is to get another transplant with a more skilled surgeon?

Thanks a lot for reading, any responses much appreciated .

Attached is some images of how it looks after plucking and with the transplants fully grown. The one in the pink shirt i put some foundation to cover the area

Update photo, I am in search for a permanent make up clinic to cover up ath area with transplanted hairs that I pluck, I just wanna say a massive thank you to @OliverTja for the suggestion, a huge suggestion by the man. I cant thank you enough & I owe you one. 

40 minutes ago, Legend007 said:

It’s all good .. that happens to all of us when we first notice the hairline recession .. we start panicking n not make the right decisions.,..

most of the top docs that Does good hairline work will be able to do ur repairs .. it seems like a minor repair but can make a big impact on ur overall result n satisfaction .. 

Have you had a HT yourself?

I just wanna state that getting into transplants was a big mistake at the age of 20 especially since i had a head full of hair and I thought I was receding, my natural hairline is very thin and thats why i was unhappy with the transplant, the grafts were much thicker than my original hairline and i hated it.

I know Konior is the best, and he has been very nice and cooperative and responding to my emails but he is booked until the March 2020. I have had a previous HT along the hair line and I currently pluck them out, the reason is because I didn’t really like the result. One half was done by one assistant and the other half by another assistant. The side done by the girl assistant is dense and all grafts grow in the same direction, she did a good job. However the other half is a mess. Each graft growing in a different direction, density is not great whatsoever. Also hairline is weirdly straight and imo placed too far forward, I am looking for a doctor to help me do some repair work.

Perhaps excise a few of the offending grafts and have a new fue transplant done to increase the density and correct the hairline. Any recommendations? I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance

On 11/11/2018 at 12:47 AM, ILtrooper said:

How about get another hair transplant done but have some single hairs planted up front to create a more natural appearance? 

Awesome idea my man. Thanks so much! Will look 👀 into it

On 11/24/2018 at 5:30 AM, BoulderBalder said:

Also I had repair work with Konior and the results were really good. The area where he removed hair and scar tissue looked like normal forehead after the grafts were removed. It is expensive though.

I will look into it my brotha, thanks so much for responding. I heard konior is a beast

On 11/24/2018 at 5:29 AM, BoulderBalder said:

What about Fraxel. The tissue where you had implanted hairs is not like “normal” scalp after having hairs implanted. At least mine isn’t. There is scar tissue which is probably why that area of your scalp doesn’t tan and generally has a different appearance. Fraxel might be an option to reduce the scarring but it won’t kill the hair follicle. 

Thanks for taking the time to respond, sorry i just saw this. I will look into fraxel, and yes, what u said about scar tissue is 100% true. 

I’m debating repair but the process of a transplant and the time hair takes to grow back is too long, & my biggest problem is that they made my hair line too low, so im sure it will be tricky to fix that. I heard konior is a beast. Do u have any photos to share? & what are you doing, you have your transplanted hairs grown out?

5 hours ago, OliverTja said:

Laser doesn't sound all bad. It works miracles most of the time indeed. So, keep your spirit up! ✌️   

Hope the best for you!

My man thanks for taking the time to respond, have u had any laser work done?

On 11/19/2018 at 9:09 PM, ILtrooper said:

Laser hair removal should do the trick

You speaking out of experience pr? All laser will do is remove the hairs, if that. The transplant hairs are thick and stubborn, will take around 6 sessions & all tht will do is remove the hairs, which can be done by just plucking... im talking about improving the skin where the transplant had been done. Things like chemical peel, derma pen, micro needling.. etc

On 11/19/2018 at 10:21 AM, Payam said:

Have you been to a dermatologist?

Yes brother & that’s why i underwent derma pen sessions, the skin has improved a little

On 11/14/2018 at 7:27 PM, TjMiles270 said:

I see what you mean.  I am suffering from a similar bad FUT transplant in the front of my hairline as well.  I often wondered / wanted to simply pluck the transplanted hair out in the front but was too worried about the skin underneath.  I am looking into alternative methods and repair surgery options...right now I am leaning toward plug removal / redistribution and A cell treatment for the skin.  But yeah we have very similar problems, it is a shame too because I, like you still have a lot of GREAT hair on my head - it would be really nice to utilize it again.  

 

Best thoughts.

I am much happier ever since i started plucking them out. I am so sorry you still have a great head of hair & did the same thing i did & got a fut. just remember its not the end of the world. Its not cancer, you’re not blind, you’re not deaf. Its not the end of the world. Stay strong brotha we will get through this 💞💓

On 11/16/2018 at 6:12 AM, fortuneplant said:

Hmmm. Probably go to the beach a bit. The area probably need some sun/tan to match the rest of your skin.

Thing is i went to the beach all summer but tht area doesnt change color or smthing. idk but it stays brighter than rest of skin  

On 11/16/2018 at 1:21 AM, OliverTja said:

Hi!

Sorry to hear that you are having a problem. Hope you to find a solution for that soon.

Did you show it to your surgeon? If you did, what was his reaction?

Unfortunately he said if i wanted em removed my only option wld be lazer

21 hours ago, ILtrooper said:

How about get another hair transplant done but have some single hairs planted up front to create a more natural appearance? 

Possible my dude but the procedure is not easy and takes a lot of time, which i already went through and now hate the results, im cool with plucking them, but anything can be done to make the skin return to as close as to its natural appearance  

Here these pictures should help you see my problem better, this is 2 weeks after 4 dermapens sessions and i pluck out the transplants  

On 10/24/2018 at 10:34 AM, hairlinehelp said:

I can't see any problem . Would you please send a clear picture with close up shot?

 

Right infront of the hairline there is a strip of about 3 centimetres where the transplant hairs was removed. Can u not see it? Thanks for your time.

This is after the 4th dermapen session which took place yesterday, is there anything a dermatoligist can say other than fraxel laserr which is sketchy and dermapen (microneedling) which I am currently undergoing. The red area from the needling (in the pics) is where i have been plucking the transplants. Thanks for reading

Guys, i hate my transplant that I did along the hairline (at only 20yrs old), looks very unnatural and hairs are too thick, its been 3 years since the transplant and for the past 6 months I have been plucking them out which seems to work, however the skin where the transplant had been done is a bit whiter and brighter then the rest of the face and I have been doing 3 dermapen / microneedling sessions and still got 3 more, to try and correct that area but any other suggestions on what could be done to get the skin looking more natural. Thanks a lot for readinf, any responses much appreciated 

So you had more transplanted hair infront of the scar? To cover the scar?

Congrats on the successful recent surgery in March & Best of luck my man. I appreciate you jj.

I will follow up with Dr Konior& i am very glad he viewed this post. Whatever i do i will come back here & update this post

Okay jj. Thanks for taking the time to view my post & write a response.

How are your scars in the front after removing the grafts if u don’t kind me asking.

I shall keep you updated.

Are the pictures not clear for you as well?

Im willing to travel. I have just finished getting my degree from california & went back home

First of all i wanted to say thanks Dr Raymond for taking the time to respond to my post.

About the pictures, that’s weird you say that they are low resolution because they were taken on my iphone 7 & on my screen they appear perfectly fine, but i am indeed seeking help so I will take some new ones with my brows in the frame if that will allow you to draw a better conclusion for my current situation.

That’s awesome that you are saying my conclusion is incorrect about there being only 3 options to correct the transplant. I will be working on new pics but can I maybe email you or may I ask, what other options is there?

Thanks again for taking the time to respond to my thread. I really appreciate it.

Good afternoon readers. I am going to keep this quite breef for the time being & then add to this thread as i go alone. This is my first time posting on a hairloss forum.

So let begin from here, growing up I did not care about hair & always had decent hair & all of a sudden i found myself into watching all these hair style tutorials on youtube & subscribing to all these hair gurus that had wonderful hair & all that. My hair line was not really receding in anyway & i realized (after the transplant) that i just had a naturally huge forehead just like my father. Who at the age of 55 passed away, however still had all his side & donor hair & was only receding at the hairline a little bit. but the shape of my hairline was not straight like all these youtubers & I saw a picture of one of my favorite footballers online (Fabregas) & after the hair transplant his hair looked phenomonenal. I thought sure why not maybe I can get the hair I have always dreamed of. So at the age of 21 my naive self went & got a consultation & soon after that found himself undergoing fut surgery. I am currently 23 & have lived long enough to know that I do not want these transplanted hairs as they are nothing like my real hair.. & the thing that bothers me the most is that i believe the left side is not as dense as the right side & the hairline is too low & straight & makes me have a square face.

I am not too concerned about the scar in the back at the time being as it is not horrendous & if by shaving with a guar size 4 is not really visible, so I am just mainly concerned about the fromt at the moment. Even though it’d be nice to have fue so I can replace them back in the scar at the back however i know that studies have showed that the survival rate of the repositioned grafts is not high so yea like I said, im not too concerned about it.

Like i said i will be adding to this post, but for now I post 2 pictures of my hair with the grafts fully grown out & 2 with the grafts shaved almost two weeks ago & they have since grown back a little but the reason I did so is because i just wanted to see how I looked like wothout the long grafts & in my opinion i look a lot better & am positive that I only want to go ahead & remove the transplant.

Now i undedstand that can be quite diffucult but I am willing to just remove a centimer of the hairline to make it look not as low as it is right now. after readinf about this & the solutions to it for a few months now & i realized the only 3 methods are fue, electrolysis & laser hair removal. none of these which I am willing to undergo & might just have to live with the transplant & let them fully grow out again but if anyone can help me I would be forever grateful. Thanks for reading & hope to hear from all of you soon.

I have been browsinf these forums for months now so most likely I will know the current active users that have helped out other users by commenting. Thanks again

Added: as you can see in the images, my new hairline shape & face is much much better without the artificial low straight hairline from the transplant. If you guys could suggest anything plz.