Hello,
I will probably need at least two hair transplants during my life time ( 5000-6000 grafts in total, first FUT will be 2500 grafts and in a few years do the rest with FUE, I am 33 years old), and after much research I think that FUT hair transplant will be the best option for me to begin with. I usually have- and would like to continue having a fade with very short hair on the lower back and sides, and the FUT scar will (hopefully) be covered by the longer hairs if the strip will be taken from the middle/upper part of the back of my head (if the scar turns out to be good). FUE will most probably decrease the density to a point were the scaring would be obvious if I have short hair on the back (I've seen so many examples were it is very obvious), so FUT yield better results, lower transection rate and no loss of density. But, the scar... I want to prepare in order to have a good scar as possible.
However, I think that I have pretty tight skin with low elasticity on the middle part of the back of my head. I've read that scalp elasticity exercises could help and I've been doing them for the past 4 weeks with extremely little to no change.
Does anyone here have any experience in doing exercises for scalp elasticity and if so, how is the results? Is there anything else I can do pre-surgery to prepare my skin and scalp for the strip, and to achieve a minimal scar? And as you see on the pictures, I have folliculitis and would like to know how the would affect a hair transplant? I've had a hard time finding answers...