Cobblestoning Photos.. Anyone Have Any?

[mprecio]

Read lots of descriptions, but does anyone have pictures of what cobblestoning actually looks like. Although only two weeks post op, I'm concerned I might be affected. Pic attached.

[mprecio]

Read lots of descriptions, but does anyone have pictures of what cobblestoning actually looks like. Although only two weeks post op, I'm concerned I might be affected. Pic attached.

[Petchski]

Just looks lime pimples to me, which is not uncommon.

 

If you look up bad hair transplants or repair transplants in google you'll find some, it looks like old acne pock marks

[Eman]

It's hard to tell by your pics and have looked at all three of your posts.

 

The recipient clearly looks different than a scalp that has had no work done and may appear as "cobblestoning". My scalp did not look smooth after the grafted hairs fell out, but has got better over time.

 

Who was your doc, if I may ask?

[Bill - Seemiller]

mprecio,

 

I agree that it's virtually impossible to tell by the blurry photos you've posted on this and other threads.

 

I encourage you to take high resolution photos that we can see to evaluate what's going on.

 

However, know that at only 2 weeks, you are still healing and it's wise to give it a couple months before determining that there is a problem like cobblestoning, pitting, or ridging.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill

[mmhce]

mprecio,

 

The photo is blurry, but the question is good. Are there any photos available on this forum that depicts not just cobblestoning, but ridging, or pitting?

 

To recap the definitions which I think is always important:

 

Ridging is something that can happen in the recipient area. Here is my limited understanding of it, I may be off or missing some facts on this one... Larger grafts tend to disrupt the scalp more. This can cause scarring in the sub-layers (sorry I don't know the technical term). When you have a row of this scarring happen, it appears to be a ridge, when you see the combined result. The scalp juts up a little bit. Factors would be the size of the grafts (the main factor I believe), your own healing characteristics (if you tend to form larger scars than average) and possibly skill of the clinic in creating the sites and placing the grafts. Again, it's caused by scarring below the surface.

 

Cobblestoning is when each individual graft looks like it is coming out of a small bump. The best transplants look like the hair is emerging from smooth beautiful scalp. When grafts are too big, it can look like the hair is emerging from an obvious graft. If the graft wasn't seated perfectly when it was placed (or you are an especially bad healer) you can have a cobblestone effect. Cobblestoning is not supposed to be an issue with real microscopically-trimmed FU grafts, because they have less excess tissue. I have heard maybe one guy say his FUs looked a little bumpy, but that is extremely rare, whereas with Minigrafts it can be fairly common.

 

Pitting is similar to cobblestoning except rather than a bump, it's a depression or divot. It too is caused by not being properly seated, and seems to be more of an issue with larger grafts.

 

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