Hair-restoration-advise

Thank you @Melvin-Moderator for the input. Starting to feel a little better. It’s hard for me to not to fixate on things while I’m on the waiting stages.

Thank you @hairlossPA for the input. I’m really freaking out about it and trying to rein it in. Your explanation does make sense and I pray this is the case.

I did take it with the flash. This is the worst looking photo out of the ones I took. Here is one a couple days prior to the original post without the flash.

Thanks for the reply @deitel130. I see that you have had two FUTs one with sutures and one with staples? Is that correct? Did the sutures leave a worse scar than the staples?

Also, if there are any suggestions on what I can do to stimulate growth let me know. I was wondering if microneedling with prp would help when I’m closer to 3 months out and there is less inflammation.

Hi, I am currently 1 month and 3 weeks post FUT transplant and am really worried about my scar. I had suture closure and am concerned I will have a train track or a railroad appearing scar once fully healed. I am praying this is shock loss around the suture sites. I do not believe this is stretching related, as I have not worked out or done any strenuous activity since the procedure. - Could this possibly be shock loss? - If anyone has had a similar healing scar or knows someone who has had one could you please share that story with me? - Are there any surgeons who can speak to the appearance of this? I am getting monthly PRP injections to the area and using minoxidil twice daily hoping this helps. Thanks for the advise.

Hello, I am looking for recommendations regarding a hair transplant surgeon who specializes in FUE and FUT. I am leaning more toward FUE. I recently had a hair transplant that went very wrong in very many ways and I am hoping to find somebody who can make me feel like myself again. When I received my hair transplant, I believe larger grafts were utilized instead of many small ones, like most surgeons do these days. To give you an idea, I had my surgery done with Natural Transplants. I thought there HUE (High-Yeild Unit Extraction) method was comparable to the FUT method, in that they just take more tissue (a larger strip) from the donor area. However, I know realize when they reference more tissue, it’s larger grafts resulting in a very unnatural appearance (and they call them selves Natural Transplants). I am really upset and this has been really hard on me. I am trying not to beat myself up as I unfortunately did do research before picking my surgeon. I just didn’t know the questions to ask and what to look for. Not only is the recipient area a mess, but so is the donor. I have train-track scarring from my FUT or “HUE” procedure. I am looking for somebody who could possibly take the larger grafts in the recipient area and break them into smaller ones, but I am really worried about scarring. Speaking of scarring, I would also like to fix my donor scar and have hair transplanted into the area. Unfortunately, after my experience I am scared to get another strip transplant, but know that it could be a better option two replace my scar with the smaller scar and fix my recipient area. I am highly interested in surgeons that utilize PRP within the transplant procedure. I am also highly interested in those who use Acell too, as I was hoping that could help if my larger grafts were broken into smaller ones to reduce scarring? Any advise is highly appreciated. This procedure has affected my mental health immensely and I just want to feel better. I was looking at Dr. Sean Behnam this time, or Dr. Marc Dauer, but do not want to make the same mistake with my first experience. Any advise and general knowledge is welcome. Please help!