Scar visibilty when hair is wet

[Chops]

I'd be inteested to hear if your strip scar is visible when the scar is wet and what grade of cut it isn't &is visible when wet?

[Chops]

I'd be inteested to hear if your strip scar is visible when the scar is wet and what grade of cut it isn't &is visible when wet?

[AMR1]

if u have hair at the back to a good lenth then it should not show at all even if wet, i gues if u had a mk1 cut then the scar would show?

[Chops]

Thanks Ammars.

 

I hope that is true although I have difficulty in believing it to be the case with the majority. For example a lot of guys that I have seen with wet hair even with an inch or so in length you can still see their scalp due to the wetness, especially at the sides. I would therefore imagine if that person had a scar it would be visible!

[Eman]

Chops, I am about two weeks out of my six month mark and have not cut my hair since a week before my four month. With my hair longer like it is you cannot see the scar when wet. When I was shaving down to a #2 and #3-clip you could clearly see it, although you need to remember that I was only at the one, two and three month mark.

 

They say between the 6 and 9-month mark the scar really disappears. I will shave my head down again to a #2 in the next month or so and let everyone know how it goes.

[Chops]

Thanks Eman. Really glad to hear you are happy with your scar. I've read a lot of your posts and think you have a great attitude to this whole HT thang.

[headinahole]

Chops.

 

I think this is a difficult question to answer. In my experience I am having a hard time disguising it. With a #5 clip it is a little bit noticeable and very noticeable when wet. I am only 4 months post op so redness is also a factor.

 

I think the key to this all comes down to donor density. Mine is below average so therefore the more visible scar. I think anybody with average density could defineately get down to a #3 or #4 and possibly a #2.

[Chops]

Hi Headinahole,

Out of interest what is your donor density?

[Yogi's Dad]

Hate to jump in mid-stream here...

 

I kept my hair scissor length long in the back until 3 months post op.

 

Then I went back to a #3.

 

In both cases the scar was never visible wet or dry.

 

My donor density was somewhat low - 2.2 (I think).

[headinahole]

I was never actually given a density value. I was just told it was below average by a couple of docs.

 

I think it will improve a little over the next few months, but I know I will never get to a #2 or #3 guard.