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Thanks, to be fair I was out today and saw quite a few bald men, I was looking at the back of their head and some of them had white dots but was clearly not from transplants so I guess we all have some imperfections once we shave our head. The redness seems more likes spots when the hair is coming back through after shaving, I'm just thinking it might look silly having stubble coming through where I have had Transplants and then bald around it. So in that case I will definitely try and do something to remove them.

Yes of course I will keep you posted I had two separate Transplants about 1300 grafts each time. How about yourself? What is the problem you're having?

To be honest when when I had the transplant I remember the surgeon removing the hairs, but also other staff doing this too, then the surgeon made the incisions and the other staff put the hairs in place. So at some points there are staff that aren't necessarily well trained taking part in the procedure. You are correct, I am now at a point where I'm happy to have no hair. It isn't that I have resigned to this, I'm actually really comfortable with it. There are so many things I no longer have to worry about, hair is obviously something that needs to be maintained but when you are starting to lose it it's something that can be really bothersome. Certain weather were an issue I could never wear a hat or a helmet and take it off and look ok. Then there is the amount of time spent making sure it looked ok brushing etc. And even after all that still feeling self-conscious. However as mentioned having no hair didn't suit me when I had the transplants, I was very young mid 20s, very slim, it just didn't look right. I don't really have any Direct photos of my hair I avoided taking them lol over the years my hair always looked the same the transplants just gave me me more time with what I had rather than making it considerably better. As time went on I learned how to grow and brush it to make it look fuller.

Thanks kind of you to say

I see I might have a look into SMP then or I might just live with it. 🤔 I had hair transplanted at the Crown also, but that hair doesn't seem to be an issue it grows forward and feels natural. The hair put at the front seem to always grow directly upwards rather than forwards. So this makes them feel very prickly and coarse. At the time of looking into transplant this particular doctor seemed to have a good reputation. He was quoted as being the second best in the UK and the first to perform an eyelash transplant. Also the fact Dr Jessen had his done with him too, made me feel confident that he must be a good Surgeon if another doctor is willing to let him perform a transplant on him. Regardless I just think I'm not a very good candidate for transplants because of of my hair type. Another thing that wasn't mentioned to me until after it had failed 🤔

Thanks for the reply, as I mentioned I thought SMP would be pointless considering I have a shaved head now. Maybe I just have to learn to live with it, I do know it could be a lot worse, so I should be grateful really.

Thanks, I have asked people close to me and none of them seem to be able to see the stars but when I look in the mirror I can 🤔 I guess the mirror I can see them in has a very bright light above it. I did wonder if having the hairs lasered off or having electrolysis might help with the redness situation. I have tried to contact the clinic that done my transplant a couple of times but not yet had a response. Hopefully they might be able to advise me.

I did wonder that myself however I don't tan very well and I believe scars don't tan at all. So was wondering if it might make them stand out even more. But the skin on my head might catch up with the skin tone on my face eventually, as it has had very little exposure.

Thank you for your reply, it does seem to be slightly tender on the areas that are red so as you mentioned it could be some skin condition. It does seem to die down but then once it's shaved again it comes back I don't have it anywhere else apart from the front where I had the hair transplanted to. But of course when shaving your head it needs to be every 3 to 4 days unless you like the Horseshoe look lol which I don't. My question about SMP is that this is to give the illusion of hair are with semi-permanent tattoos, but if I shave my head did it would defeat the object? Like I mentioned in my post I am now at the point where I would prefer to have no hair at all rather than have thinning hair. As for surgeon it was Dr shahmalak from crown clinic. Lovely guy can't fault his kindness and making me feel comfortable but on the other hand there were definitely some things left out. I also asked one of his team if the hair from the donor area would grow back, they told me it would. My first transplant with them was nearly 10 years ago at the time I didn't research like I do now. If I had of I probably wouldn't have gone ahead.

In my opinion your hair is in great shape still, when you have wet it I can see a slight difference but still barely noticeable. I'm not sure if you use gel etc but my advice when going out is to use sprays as they prevent your hair clumping together and being more noticeable. I used to prefer to use the the wet sprays rather than the aerosol ones. If I was to pass you in the street or look at your hair I would not even contemplate if you was losing it so enjoy what you have got mate 👍🏻

I have two hair transplants neither had a great result. They bought me a bit of time but was not a permanent fix. My hair is lightly coloured and pretty thin so I was never going to get a great result. Anyway my thinning begun to get a little bit worse, and rather than can suffer the embarrassment of walking around with very thin hair I have just decided to shave it. I have actually really begun to like the shaved look and really regret the fact that I even had a hair transplant. My only concern now is the visibility of the fue scarring from the donor area, and on my recipitant area there seems to be a lot of red marks which seem to get worse when they have been shaved. I want to continue to bic my hair but I don't want the scarring to be visible, I'm not sure what I can do it seems SMP would be pointless as I want to have a skinhead now. I'm guessing I will have to accept there will be some light scarring from the donor area that I cannot do anything about however I'm wondering what I can do about the redness from the front of the scalp? With hindsight I only wish I never had any hair transplants and just went straight ahead and shaved it off, but when I initially started losing my hair I was very slim and a shaved head look did not suit me. Now I am quite stocky and I have a beard so the shaved head look really suits me. My surgeon never mentioned anything about scarring even though they are one of the best surgeons in my country. I think at the end of the day surgeons want your money regardless so they will leave small details out if they think It's going to deter you from going ahead with the surgery. I guess I should be grateful as my fue scarring isn't a bad as some I have seen. I feel quite angry with them and also with myself. Initially I didn't feel self-conscious anymore walking around with a skinhead not having to worry about who could see my thinning hair but now I find myself worrying about the redness and fue scarring. If I ask others what they can see, they say they can see the redness on the scalp but they seem to say they cannot see the fue scars but I can 😔 it's so difficult trying to look at the back of your head with photos or holding a mirror behind you in front of a mirror. It's difficult to know what is visible to the naked eye. I thought that if I had electrolysis on the transplanted areas it might stop the redness keep appearing but now I'm not sure 🤔 also the hair from the transplanted areas grows quicker, it isn't too much of a problem now because there is hair around it, but once the hair around it naturally balds off I will be left with prickly bits of hair just at the front which will look ridiculous.

Hi I'm myself seem to have some similar marks as the ones you have shown in the pictures, like you I have also decided to to start shaving my head and be done with HTs . I thought the redness was from shaving and the hair trying to break back through the skin. Is the redness you have there constant or just after shaving? I also have some light scarring on the donor area which is inevitable, and although I went to a reputable surgeon they failed to mention anything regarding scarring. None of this was an issue until I decided to start shaving my head with a razor and now now as you know yourself it has begun to bother me. Did you find any solutions for yours in the end? I thought that may be electrolysis to remove the transplanted hairs might stop the redness?