can you pinch your scalp like that?

[mr_peanutbutter]

 

i tried it and i cant even nearly as much skin as in this example

[Fue3361]

Literally can't get any skin.

[mr_peanutbutter]

3 minutes ago, Fue3361 said:

Literally can't get any skin.

its even worse for me directly at the back of my head, at the sides i can maybe get a tiny little bit

 

 

[Xanadu]

Nope. Cannot.

[Al - Moderator]

This guy is an excellent candidate for FUT. He can get a good size strip out of his donor without putting any tension on the area, so he shouldn't have any scar stretching.

 

[stephcurry30]

2 hours ago, Xanadu said:

Nope. Cannot.

Me neither. I can't get any!

[mr_peanutbutter]

so basically were all not good fut candidates

[AB2000]

3 hours ago, mr_peanutbutter said:

so basically were all not good fut candidates

There are exercises to do for preparing the scalp for FUT, getting the laxity needed.  I find that rubbing in a liquid botanical into my scalp each day has made the skin much looser.

[Gatsby]

Today my scalp is tight as a drum! 🪘

[Gatsby]

I think it's great for my wrinkles though! 😉

[hockeyman]

Zero for me. Its like trying to pinch a table top.

[mr_peanutbutter]

7 hours ago, AB2000 said:

There are exercises to do for preparing the scalp for FUT, getting the laxity needed.  I find that rubbing in a liquid botanical into my scalp each day has made the skin much looser.

can you pinch your skin like that?

[Rahal Hair Transplant]

@mr_peanutbutter,

Scalp elasticity is really only important if you are undergoing FUTA hair transplant surgery. If you are looking to undergo FUE, elasticity becomes irrelevant.  I don’t know much about your situation but I’m assuming you’re concerned about elasticity because you are thinking about undergoing FUT?   have you ever had a hair transplant before?  Also, have you tried pinching the back of the scalp as opposed to the sides and if so, what was the result? 

Best wishes,

Rahal Hair Transplant 

[mr_peanutbutter]

21 minutes ago, Rahal Hair Transplant said:

@mr_peanutbutter,

Scalp elasticity is really only important if you are undergoing FUTA hair transplant surgery. If you are looking to undergo FUE, elasticity becomes irrelevant.  I don’t know much about your situation but I’m assuming you’re concerned about elasticity because you are thinking about undergoing FUT?   have you ever had a hair transplant before?  Also, have you tried pinching the back of the scalp as opposed to the sides and if so, what was the result? 

Best wishes,

Rahal Hair Transplant 

yes im considering fut (and eventually fue later) bc ive read here that it gives you between 1k-2k grafts more to transplant over your lifetime

 

source: 

 

 

…but only if you have  lax scalp..so the 1 mio dollar question: when is your scalp actually considered high laxity?

 

i already asked this here 

(even though i used the term elasticity there when apparently the term laxity is more accurat..)

„Surgeons use the term elasticity to describe what you call stretching. And patients with high elasticity are poorer candidates for FUT because they are more likely to have wide scars.

Good FUT candidates have laxity which is define by normal-to-high glidability and normal-to-low elasticity.“

 

anyways there doesnt seem to be a standardized form to actually measure it, so i really wondered how my scalp is on the laxity scale…dr mohebi tried apparently with his laxometer but it doesnt seem to be in wide use 

 

all in all there is really not much info (if any) for patients to determine where in the laxity scale there are right now. would be nice to see example of persons with high laxity and low laxity..

 

judging on this picture i seem to be on the lower end bc i cant pinch my skin like that. i can do the movements when i do these scalp laxity exercises but i definitely cant grab as much scalp as done in this pic

 

if i try this on my back its even worse…

 

for this it means i probably rather go with fue even though i wouldnt have that much  issue with fue and the scar bc i dont go short on the sides really

 

Edited April 3, 2023 by mr_peanutbutter