xpabloxx Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Hi. I had a hair transplant 3 months ago in Istanbul. And I have some black lines it looks like a tattoo. I believe it’s the ink the used to mark where the hairline should go and somehow it got under the skin? I contacted the clinic they said it’s normal and will go off. But it’s been 3 months already.Did anybody have the same problem?How to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member alex85 Posted January 17, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Weird, never seen this before. But I am kinda sure it will resolve on is own. Edited January 17, 2022 by alex85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HappyMan2021 Posted January 17, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Mind sharing the name of the clinic and doc? Tjhis is not normal at all. See a dermatologist asap. Maybe this is just me being cynical, but I'm sure the clinic actually does know what caused this, but they have no incentive to be honest with you. They do, on the other hand, have every incentive to say "its normal it will go away" in hopes that you will just bugger off. There are plenty of bad HT docs and clinics that lack skill, experience, passion, and artistic vision, but even so you can still expect them to get the fundamental/rudimentary basics of surgery right. A clinic that fails even the basics of surgery (ink under the skin?!?!) is pretty concerning. If this truly was a foreseen potential side effect from the surgery, don't you think the clinic would have mentioned this as a possibility beforehand, just like they told you about all the other post-op items? I question how successful the actual hair transplant will be, considering you already have this issue. Edited January 17, 2022 by SadMan2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HappyMan2021 Posted January 17, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, alex85 said: Weird, never see this before. But I am kinda sure it will resolve on is own. you've never seen this before, then how are you kind of sure it will resolve? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Curious25 Posted January 17, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted January 17, 2022 If it was ink from a pen, such as a felt tip, or even permanent marker pen, this should have gone from a normal skin shedding cycle, or at the very worst, been absorbed into the blood stream and kicked out by the body long ago. Weird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member JoeMan Posted January 17, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted January 17, 2022 Maybe have a dermatologists look at it? I think that's what I might do if it was me. I don't think they'd have a great answer either. Can you possibly contact the clinic and ask for a picture of the pen that was used. Maybe additional information on this product may be helpful to a dermatologists? Reaching for staws here though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpabloxx Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 I’ll contact the clinic again and see what they say. And I’ll see a dermatologist. Maybe I’ll have to get a ‘tattoo’ removal laser…. Hair Neva clinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Fue3361 Posted January 18, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted January 18, 2022 Yeah, never seen this. If I were to guess, I'd say hyperpigmentation of the skin during healing, maybe you had a ton of sunlight exposure to it post surgery? Doesn't particularly look like ink to me. Check out my journey here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpabloxx Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) I asked a GP that I know. He told me it doesn’t look like hyperpigmentation. there are clear visible black dots Edited January 18, 2022 by xpabloxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member JDEE0 Posted January 18, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted January 18, 2022 Doesn't look like ink to me, and I wouldn't think that it would even be possible for it to be at 3 months in, although I'm not qualified to say that with certainty. To my eyes, it looks to be some sort of marking left over by the (I'm assuming?) implanter pens... I've never seen it before, but it looks to be discoloured 'dots' so to speak, each located where the punctures from the pen would have been. Maybe some sort of physiological issue with healing/the clinics technique (hopefully not, but perhaps they went too deep in places for example which has resulted in some pitting type scarring forming under the skin?) Or maybe it's just the grafts about to poke through the surface of the skin and so so the roots are becoming transparent though it which is leaving those black dots. Really I'm just throwing ideas around here - I don't think anyone here is going to be able to give you an answer unless this has happened to them also. I'd advise to reach out to some renowned hair transplant doctors and get their opinion, I'd give Dr. Bisanga a shout personally, even if I had to pay for a consult with him or something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpabloxx Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Well thank you guys for your help. I’ll update this post when I have more information about what it can be or if it disappears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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