Dealing with an FUT strip scar

[ostein]

Currently my FUT scar is visible when I cut my hair with a 4 guard or lower. I was wondering if getting FUE into the strip scar and/or SMP on the strip scar would allow me to cut my hair shorter? Your recommendations, suggestions or experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! 

Edited April 17, 2023 by ostein

[Rafael Manelli]

Yes it can work. Do you have photos?

[MichaleSon]

It's important to consult with a qualified and experienced hair restoration specialist to determine which option is best for your specific case. They will be able to evaluate your scalp and provide personalized recommendations based on your individual needs and goals.

[Doron Harati]

6 hours ago, ostein said:

Currently my FUT scar is visible when I cut my hair with a 4 guard or lower. I was wondering if getting FUE into the strip scar and/or SMP on the strip scar would allow me to cut my hair shorter? Your recommendations, suggestions or experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! 

At HDC clinic we specialize repairing FUT scars with FUE.

You're welcome to contact me, probably you won't add SMP after a repair.

@Parasol had FUT repair with us and documented the process on this forum:

 

[ostein]

Thank you for the reply’s. I do not have any photo’s of my FUT scar. 

[Melvin- Admin]

I would favor getting FUE into the scar, but smp works well on scars if you’re gonna cut your hair short.

[mavigo]

I've thought of doing the same eventually as well. 

[Jackdaniels]

The best way to deal with fut scars is not to do fut, as you never know how your scar will get stretched after surgery. 

[mavigo]

56 minutes ago, Jackdaniels said:

The best way to deal with fut scars is not to do fut, as you never know how your scar will get stretched after surgery. 

Agreed, FUT shouldn't be done anymore 

[ostein]

1 hour ago, Jackdaniels said:

The best way to deal with fut scars is not to do fut, as you never know how your scar will get stretched after surgery. 

I agree with you. I wish I had researched it more before I had FUT done. 

[gillenator]

The strip scar needs to be fully healed before any FUE or SMP is utilized.

[duckling]

7 hours ago, ostein said:

I agree with you. I wish I had researched it more before I had FUT done. 

No worries. FUT would have given you a slightly better graft count without much donor depletion. So, doing FUE for repairing the scar area with very limited grafts is nothing big (except when fut scar is too big) . At the end it will mostly balance out but yes its much more preferable to not have a scar and worry about fixing it. And if you dont want to use your grafts there then use smp but keep shorter hair at back as with longer hair smp will be useless.

[mavigo]

17 hours ago, ostein said:

I agree with you. I wish I had researched it more before I had FUT done. 

Me too. My first doctor tricked me into it, told me it was cheaper and would "look better". Needless to say it did not look good and is not cheap because you have to deal with a visible scar forever. 

[HairEnthusiast101]

22 hours ago, Jackdaniels said:

The best way to deal with fut scars is not to do fut, as you never know how your scar will get stretched after surgery. 

But what is the time frame on the scar still stretching? Like 2 years after I’d assume it won’t stretch?

[skyler]

On 4/17/2023 at 7:59 PM, mavigo said:

Agreed, FUT shouldn't be done anymore 

Now, now..

[A_4_Archan]

Let the scar heal properly and than take your decision ...smp and fue both works fine..its about personal preference ...in smp you will be confined with some specific hairstyle to make it look natural and with fue you won't be tied up as such...bt need to first check out if the grafts would grow in the fut scare or not as i have seen many doctors saying that its always a risk...so few surgeons do a small test first..

[Z--]

Going to push-back against FUT not being useful anymore, as someone that is very happy with his FUT scar and has done both FUT + FUE now...

I think it has it's place for young men who are higher Norwoods or folks who really need to maximize their lifetime grafts. That said, there are only maybe 3-5 doctors worldwide or so who I'd trust with an FUT scar (e.g. Konior, Hattengen, Nadimi, etc.). There's no point getting an FUT scar if it's going to be wide and ruin the ability to draw from hairs in the surrounding areas.

If you have beard grafts, they are supposed to work quite well in FUT scars.