Buzz cut through ugly duckling?

[MaximumMM]

Has anyone rocked a buzz cut look through the 'ugly duckling' phase?

(Clipper advice notwithstanding, I know this is a debatable topic): did it look natural, i.e. did the transplanted areas eventually blend with the rest of your hair at a low grade (say even 0.5 or 1) once the redness has subsided? Or did it only look acceptable once it was grown out? I know it's not the norm but interested if anyone has done this and how it went. Thanks 🙏

[HappyMan2021]

I am always in favor of buzzing thru the ugly duckling post op, and have done just this for my last 2 procedures. 

Idk who people think they are fooling, it is always obvious a person has had "something" done if they try to grow their hair out post-op. Whether its the post-op redness, the conspicious grrafts, or other hallmarks of surgery, no one will be fooled by growing the hair out. Its akin to a comb-over basically. 

I advise not doing anything for the 1st month as your scalp is still kind of sensitive and recovering. But after 1 month, go to any respectable barber and they can shave you down with the guard of your choosing. Let them know you had a hair transplant so they will be careful. 

[MaximumMM]

7 minutes ago, HappyMan2021 said:

I am always in favor of buzzing thru the ugly duckling post op, and have done just this for my last 2 procedures. 

Idk who people think they are fooling, it is always obvious a person has had "something" done if they try to grow their hair out post-op. Whether its the post-op redness, the conspicious grrafts, or other hallmarks of surgery, no one will be fooled by growing the hair out. Its akin to a comb-over basically. 

I advise not doing anything for the 1st month as your scalp is still kind of sensitive and recovering. But after 1 month, go to any respectable barber and they can shave you down with the guard of your choosing. Let them know you had a hair transplant so they will be careful. 

Thanks. A clarification, do you mean it's obvious if you *don't* buzz?

How obvious was it in your case once you did buzz?

[duckling]

my opinions :

1)Actually if you dont buzz then checking the transplanted hair's growth becomes a lot easier as they will shed and grow again so they will be shorter in length. 

2)Not all the hair will grow immediately after shedding. They keep sprouting up in different months so how many times can you buzz cut to keep them in even length.

honestly speaking even i had same question in mind that why people don't buzz cut through shedding phase. Guess this thread will help me in finding out.

[HappyMan2021]

31 minutes ago, MaximumMM said:

Thanks. A clarification, do you mean it's obvious if you *don't* buzz?

How obvious was it in your case once you did buzz?

Well like - especially face-to-face with another person, i would say for the first 2 months it will generally be conspicious to anyone that something is going on. Particularly due to the post op redness which can take up to 2 months to start fading. 

But buzz cutting is the lesser of 2 evils. Just search for images of people who have gotten no shave fues. They all look bad and way more conspicious than if they shaved everything. 

TLDR: No matter what you do its going to be obvious except to the most oblivious of ppl that "something" is going on with your hair/scalp. But shaving is the best option at your disposal and is way better for blending, even proportions, etc and not bringing attention to your scalp

*****i should mention that the absolute best option you can do is wear a hat. If you can wear a hat for all work and social occasions and not look out of place, just do that.******

Edited April 20, 2023 by HappyMan2021

[MaximumMM]

3 minutes ago, HappyMan2021 said:

Well like - especially face-to-face with another person, i would say for the first 2 months it will generally be conspicious to anyone that something is going on. Particularly due to the post op redness which can take up to 2 months to start fading. 

But buzz cutting is the lesser of 2 evils. Just search for images of people who have gotten no shave fues. They all look bad and way more conspicious than if they shaved everything. 

TLDR: No matter what you do its going to be obvious except to the most oblivious of ppl that "something" is going on with your hair/scalp. But shaving is the best option at your disposal and is way better for blending, even proportions, etc and not bringing attention to your scalp

*****i should mention that the absolute best option you can do is wear a hat. If you can wear a hat for all work and social occasions and not look out of place, just do that.******

Yeah man, all makes good sense.

How long did you keep the buzz cut?

And how did it look after two months or so (assuming you didn't grow it out at that point)? Blended, or still suss?

[HappyMan2021]

for both procedures i got a buzz cut around the 1 month mark. Either a #2 or #3 guard. All I have needed is 1 buzz cut. Because when it is time for your next haircut (around the 3 month mark or so), your scalp and everything should look normal enough that you can proceed with more normal haircuts. 

How I looked 2 months post op after getting a buzz cut at the 1 month mark - I basically looked like any normal dude who has a buzz cut lol. I will say though, you may stand out a little bit though depending how much post-op redness you have. 

The best advice I can give you is to just be honest with everyone you can be about your hair transplant. Coworkers, friends, family, etc. In my experience no one will care. This will also remove the burden of you needing to worry and think about concealing. If ppl are aware you have had a HT, you can just do whatever you feel like bc you wont have to hide anything. 

For any situations where you really do want to hide the fact youve had a hair transplant (such as a 1st date or something), just wear a hat. 

[A_4_Archan]

I too think i can get a buzz cut after 2 months...as am going for my surgery,i was thinking about this things...

[mac187]

I think if you can go no shave you can probably work it better with concealers after a month depending on the extent of the surgery. 

The people mentioning redness - if it’s a problem for you it’s probably going to be more evident with a buzz cut. 

[mr_peanutbutter]

i remember the footballer david silva shaved until 1 year after transplant

[Rahal Hair Transplant]

@MaximumMM,

Yes, I actually shaved my head after my third and fourth hair transplant and didn’t start growing it in again until starting around 6 months.  Now, as far as the transplanted hair and blending, people may define this in different ways.   A good hair transplant should always blend into one’s natural hair but this doesn’t mean that transplanted hair density will be equal to that of one’s natural hair.  Also, some areas may be left untouched and thus, bald if the patient’s hair loss is advanced.  But ultimately, there should always be some kind of blend and/or gradual fade into one’s natural hair so that it looks natural.

Keep in mind too that hair transplant surgery is often about creating an illusion of true density as it’s rare that a surgeon will plant hair at one’s true density.  The layering/overlapping effect plays a major role in this appearance of fullness/density so at extremely short lengths (such as shaved), this won’t exist.  Thus, under close inspection, an area of only transplanted hair will likely be less dense in appearance than natural hair (assuming the area of natural hair being inspected hasn’t experienced any loss and is at true density).

So long story short, yes, there should be a natural blend from one’s transplanted hair into one’s natural hair however, at extremely short lengths such as a buzz cut, there may be an obvious difference in a concentrated area of natural hair versus a concentrated area of transplanted hair based on what I described above.

I hope this helps.

Rahal Hair Transplant 

Edited April 21, 2023 by Rahal Hair Transplant

[mr_peanutbutter]

7 hours ago, mr_peanutbutter said:

i remember the footballer david silva shaved until 1 year after transplant

[MaximumMM]

On 4/21/2023 at 3:47 PM, mr_peanutbutter said:

Right. You can see it's not exactly completely blended in the top picture, but it doesn't exactly look terrible. Mine is a bit weirdly mismatched all over at the moment with redness, SMP and translated vs natural hair areas. I'm hoping it will be a bit better in a couple of months.