Senior Member suarez Posted October 24, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted October 24, 2013 Is it a sign the Dr isn't good at FUE or does every FUE transplant cause some of those white scar spots on the back of the head in the donor area? Would it help to choose manual over motor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member jfables Posted October 25, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted October 25, 2013 Size of the punch, extraction tool. 1mm in diameter and larger especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member suarez Posted October 25, 2013 Author Senior Member Share Posted October 25, 2013 Wouldn't poor donor be a factor too, surely a good Dr must know he is over harvesting a patient at the time. Is there any 0.5mm punches being used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member GreatPelo Posted October 25, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted October 25, 2013 Any type of "biopsy" is going to leave a scar. Unfortunately, there are many doctors who promote the FUE as scarless, which is a deception. FUE leaves small, round and sometimes white pigmentation scars in the donor....but if you leave your hair just long enough...no one will be able to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member suarez Posted October 25, 2013 Author Senior Member Share Posted October 25, 2013 You would think at this day and age specialist trained Drs would have found a way or designed a tool to remove a simple hair follicle without any damage whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member scar5 Posted October 27, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted October 27, 2013 Outside diameter of the punch is the measurement to watch for scarring. Watch out for confusing it for inside diameter, which is what you have to watch for graft damage. The dreaded 'patchy' look is a result of a poor matrix pattern used during extraction as well as any color mismatch between native tissue, scar tissue and bulb color. In other words, imagine having to pull out 30 percent of the TV studio audience without it looking like part of the room is empty. You have to choose prudently. As for the scar, there no way I know, of scar tissue not forming in the hole left by the extracted follicle. Perhaps there are chemical inhibitors, but then that would leave the area prone to infection so t needs to be plugged, aNd the body floods the zone in blood and then gets to work on healing it. result- scar tissue. It's no big deal if done right, but how to get it done right?? That is the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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