Needhelpwithscar

Does it leave scarring when you remove grafts from hairline ?  

On 11/19/2022 at 11:52 AM, HairTrippin said:

Can you cut to a shorter guard in the sides and back? I saw they transplanted grafts into your FUT scar, does your scar not show as much visually, could you cut it to a three guard or less without it showing? Results look awesome and with a 4 guard you can’t see the scar at all. 

@Boomerang I would like to know about this too. Thanks for your help.

Hi @azza786, thank you for sharing your experience. You mentioned you had fut before, did you fix your scar with SMP? I don’t see your scar in your pictures, how was your experience with SMP into your scar ? I have scar that I want to fix too. Thank you for your help.

Any updates on your scar ?

Good luck!

Sorry to tell you, your scar is not going to get much better, I think most of the people on this forum are nice and try to be optimistic. it will be less red eventually for sure but it won’t change much in terms of width, it might even stretch more until 6 months mark. Asian hair does not lay flat like Caucasian hair when it grows, and has lower density, making it a lot harder to hide a fut scar and Asian are more prone to produce collagen hence the scar stretching happens. Asian should not have an fut procure, period. It’s hard to know but it’s true.

@hongkongfue you have helped a lot. I am considering grafting in my scar in the future but I’m concerned about the possible low survival rates mentioned by others. I’ll keep up with your next updates. Hope your results will keep getting better and better in the next few months.

@hongkongfue thank you for sharing your updates, happy for your progress so far.  I hope you will have a great final results. For the fue into the scar, yeah I do can see there are some grafts growing in the scar. How do you feel about the survive rate of the grafts in the scar ? I remember in your earlier post that you place 100 grafts, now there is maybe at most 20-30 grafts growing it seems. Do you think more will be growing out later? Did the doctor mention the survival rate of the grafts in the scar?

@AlexMeister21 hi, May I ask how long you can cut your hair without the scar being visible before your repair? And how short can you cut your hair now after the repair? I have a scar that I would like repair too. Thanks for your reply.

Do you know the punch size for your fue extraction ?

@Canyon62 hi man, did you have fue into your fut scar? How did it go for you? Did you successfully help you hide your scar. I have the same need. Your help will be much appreciated!

@JM3333 hi I was wondering how is your scar looking now? I have the same need, would like to see how it work out for others. Your help will be much appreciated!

@hongkongfuethanks, would like to see how well those grafts are growing in the scar. I’ll wait for your next update.

@hongkongfue I was wondering how your scar looks right after your have put fue into it ? would you mind showing your scar and if the grafts are growing in it? I need some guidance on the scar and your help will be much appreciated. Thank you.

@sunfire yeah I see what you meant. The line above the scar and the higher density below the scar is what makes it noticeable.

have you try shaving it down to 1 guard or 0 guard? Maybe it won’t be that obvious if it is shorter? What is the percentage of grafts that survive in the scar ? 
 

i sent you a DM to discuss if that’s ok!

@sunfire did you have fue into your scar? How is it looking now and how many grafts ？ how big and long was your scar? I have the same need thank you for answering appreciate it.

@Der3k7 it does look like your scar doesn’t show at all at that length. It seems like a two to four guard fade. I guess you healed very well. 10k fue and not much sign of scarring that’s very good. 

@Der3k7 do you have pictures of your hair short now？your hair is quite long in the photos. Would love to see how short someone can go around the donor area without showing the scars thanks!

@Der3k7 skin density meaning you can shave your donor area to zero guard without showing the scar? I need some help, because I debating if I should get fue into my fut scar, but I am afraid the fue scar might show. I would like to keep my hair short like guard 1 without showing the scars. So I am wondering what other dr Wong patient’s fue scar look like. 
 

do you have a pic of your donor area shaved to guard 1 or zero by any chance? Thank you for your help

This is what I am afraid of for fue scar. I am looking to get a small fue to fix my fut scar, but I am afraid of the fue scars. So in this case, the fue scar is considered normal/ average? 
 

@Dpro45 how long do you have to keep your hair to hide the fue scars?

Hi I was wondering what your donor area look like after the fue? How short can you cut your hair in the back without showing the scar?

You can message me in private, and you can see my scar photos in my profile.

@Team don’t get hair transplant dude, it’s hard to achieve the result you want. I had a fut procedure with dr Wong and left me with a nasty scar. 

@JohnnySins unfortunately that’s what the clinic does, they only showed you the best results, but didn’t show the average results and the less than average results. Using fue to fill a scar is not that easy, it will never be 100% invisible and you are using your donor graft and creating a lot of fue scars as well, depending how big your scar is. Honestly, I have not found anyone that use fue to fill their scar able to cut their hair to a guard 1 or 2 without it being visible. That’s why I’m on this forum to see if anyone has success doing that.

6 hours ago, BurnieBurns said:

I’m sorry for what you’re going through but it doesn’t sound like you were a suitable candidate for surgery in the first place. While your account suggests the clinic misled you, 3-4mm is nowhere near what truly bad scars are out there.

While 1-2mm scars happen most of the time in expert hands its not always the case . It’s widely known not to rely on cutting your hair super short after a strip procedure in these communities. Scars are by their nature, not totally predictable.

Thousands of FUT patients have scars exactly like yours that aren’t bothered due to their hair length. I too had some stretch back on one side, probably close to yours.  It’s never seen with regular hair styling and I’ll likely get FUE into it once I’m certain I won’t have another strip.

Sorry to hear they don’t have reference pics but surely there’s some examples posted here. I’ve seen some in the past.

Generally speaking it works exactly like you’d think. Once sprouted hair will grow from the scar. It won’t hide it 100% due to differences in skin pigmentation but it will be significantly more undetectable. 

These are your options:

- FUE 
- Scar revision (still a gamble and only if a good surgeon feels it worth trying)

- Trichopigmentation or SMP

Whichever option make sure you go to someone too if their game.

Also (and might not like hearing this), I highly recommend doing your best to get to a place of sounds mind, and get at piece with what’s happened before making another big decision. Your case could and still does have the potential to be a lot worse than it is now.

I wasn’t a good candidate at all, but I didn’t know about it before the surgery. I just thought I would have hair after the surgery, I didn’t do my research well that’s my fault. The clinic should not have taken me as a patient if they are ethical because my hair density is so low and my hair loss was so progressive, that’s their fault. I have never seen a good result from FUE into scar online from patient. Plus to fix the scar, you will have hundreds of fue scars, that also is creating more scar. I didn’t mean to post my story on this thread. I’ll stop talking about this here. If anyone interested in discussing, you can reply to my post in my profile.