Et in Arcadia Ego

Hey @Abelks, I noticed you mentioned you chose laser resurfacing for your cobblestoning. How'd it turn out?

Hey Davy, I think your forehead has healed amazingly! I have some cobblestoning on my temples and I'd like to do something similar to what you had done. Do you think cobblestoning could be "fixed" by removing the hairs with FUE? Of course, there is the risk of scarring. It seems to me that scarring can more easily be minimalized/concealed than cobblestoning.

At this point, what I want to achieve is to have a buzz and hide all the scars to the point I don't draw unwanted attention. I don't think anyone on this site has reported results after getting laser resurfacing for tenting. My tenting is pretty minor. I'll get opinions by dermatologists in my area. Perhaps in a few months, I can get a bunch of non ablative laser sessions. I saw some improvement by a 1450 diode laser in a study. If it goes really well, which I doubt, I can do electrolysis. Otherwise, I'll do SMP.

Yea I have considered electrolysis. I did laser hair removal on my temples in January and it worked. However, I want to give myself more months to heal before doing more. Electrolysis may be safer and more permanent. When I said CO2 laser, I meant skin resurfacing to flatten the scars. Ideally, I'd have the scars smoothed out and idc what method as long as it gave results. Yea I don't want to carelessly jump into SMP. Also, if SMP doesn't hide the scars well, Then I might not be able to use laser skin resurfacing.

I am afraid to grow out my hair more. I'm in my 20s and after my past experience, I do not want to chase my hairline the rest of my life. I'm glad you don't think it looks so bad. Are you referring to the scars or the transplant in general? Do you think the SMP would hide the scars? If so, I think I would get it done and shave my head every other day. I get that asking for a solution for the tenting isn't easy to answer. I'm just looking for long term solutions to boost my self confidence haha

Thanks for the response, Gatsby. I’m not sure in what order the images will upload. The ones with the grown out hair aside from the temples are most recent.

Hey guys, I could use some input... I got a HT 10 months ago and I am not happy about the results. It's placed in rows and the surgeon was way too ambitious with the hairline for an 1800 graft FUE. I shouldn't have gotten the procedure as I was not in the right headspace. The surgeon says he did an excellent job. I shaved my head in December and got SMP for the FUE scars in the back. The artist did a great job. It was about a month later when I noticed some tenting in the recipient site. There appeared to be slight pinkness and (maybe) some ridging too. I panicked. I did one round of laser hair removal on the temples to see if that would help. It removed the hairs for a few weeks and left the skin tender for a while but the bumps did not go away. I went to two plastic surgeon offices. They didn't want to use CO2 laser as my transplant was still recent and they've never done it one scalps before. One told me it is barely noticeable and not worth risking the complications for minimal results. The other gave me silicone gel and wished me well. I haven't really noticed any change with the scar gel. So from my research, there isn't much that can help the tenting. There's laser resurfacing, dermabrasion, and getting a facelift. All of which may not work, will have limited results at best, and may do more harm than good. I guess there's wet shaving and botox too? Because of my dead end, I decided to grow out my hair as of February. I'm not very happy with the way it looks but maybe I'll come around too it when it's longer. I am done with my hair. I'm only growing it out because I'd rather find one decent hairstyle that covers the scars and rock it for a few years than continue to see the scars all the time. The only other thing I can think to do is go all in with the SMP. I think I'd go to the same guy who did my FUE scars because he was so careful with it. If it masks the scars 75%+ then I'll take it. I can't find pictures of SMP done on tenting so IDK how it will turn out. I just want to go to work without a hat on! Is the SMP worth it? I can send pics/go into more detail if this post gets traction. I guess I'm shy.