Hi, I'm feeling rather lost and confused, and would like to get some advice from the experienced kind souls here. Ok I'll start by explaining a little bit about my background.
Firstly I was not balding in any sense, but my hairline was just naturally high (a little too high, and both the sides were slightly angled up so it appeared receding too). My mistake was approaching a wrong doctor (or butcher). I didn't know anything at that time so I actually went back 4 times (at his recommendation)!! The thing was, he didn't implant my grafts at a proper angle. I later found out implanting too perpendicular from the scalp (esp. at the front & hairline) would create a ??see-through' look cos the hair from the root is visible when looking straight on. I don't know if I can explain this clearly but here goes: implants angled too perpendicularly creates unnatural distinction between the scalp and the root. Natural hair rests at an acute angle at the front, so when looking at a person with full head of hair you don't really see the roots. Even when styled upwards, the hair bends up and what you see is the convex shaft of the root. So in natural hair the distinction between the root of the hair and the scalp blends softly.
Anyway, I went back to him because the hairline was lowered density & increased but I just felt there was ??see through' effect (the scalp was quite visible through the hair) and couldn't figure out why. It was too late by the time I understood (by then I had already gone to him 4 times). I then spent the next 3 procedures with reputable Drs trying to remedy what was done. The implanted grafts between the spaces of the existing grafts, but at correct angles. This was done in the hope of camouflaging the ??see-through' effect.
Now, the hairline and ??see-through' effect is softened, but I can still see unnatural distinction between root and scalp. Guess there were just too many grafts placed perpendicularly to totally solve it. My hair now is very un-stylable. I'm afraid of my HT being outed all the time, and I'm a pale shadow of my former self. How I wish I never met the butcher! I have recently used Dermmatch to blend the scalp and root effect and it helps, but I'm looking for a more permanent solution. I've heard that for repair alternatives, surgeons will implant new grafts correctly about 1 inch below the current hairline and this will conceal the old problem. However, I feel that my hairline is already low enough, and I do not wish to touch my donor area anymore (besides there are already wide scars there from the previous surgeries). I'm here to get advice and maybe find out solutions I do not know about (as I'm not very up-to-date about the latest techniques in HT). Also, I hope to get some advice about scar repair for my donor area. I think the scars stretched cos the multiple procedures reduced laxity. Are there such things as permanent sutures and are they good?
I guess until a solution is found, I'll just have to wait for hair cloning cos then donor supply would not be a problem already. Sorry for such a long post, but I just needed someone I could turn to for advice and help. Many thanks!
Cheers.