Comments on: Can Hair Transplant be Performed on Scar Tissue from Prior Surgery? http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/hairtransplantblog/details-of-transplanting-hair-into-scar-tissue/ Hair Transplant, Hair Restoration & Repair Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mike http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/hairtransplantblog/details-of-transplanting-hair-into-scar-tissue/comment-page-1/#comment-6626 Mike Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:15:09 +0000 http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/dev/newblog/80/details-of-transplanting-hair-into-scar-tissue/#comment-6626 Dr Bernstein, My son has was born with aplasia cutis. The original scar has been revised from a circle to more of a longitudinal scar. It is scar thickness is fairly thin and we have consulted with a few plastic surgeons in regards to reducing the scar further. One option that was given was hair transplantation. Our son is about to turn three. Is he to young? As I read a few other Q and A's I noted that you said hair transplantation requires extra care in a scar as to not get dislodged. Do you think that there requires some extra maturity in the subject when transplantation is done to a scar? <strong><em>Dr. Bernstein:</em></strong> Yes, it is better for the scar to be more mature and I would wait until your son is able to sit under local anesthesia i.e., age 7 or so. Dr Bernstein, My son has was born with aplasia cutis. The original scar has been revised from a circle to more of a longitudinal scar. It is scar thickness is fairly thin and we have consulted with a few plastic surgeons in regards to reducing the scar further. One option that was given was hair transplantation. Our son is about to turn three. Is he to young? As I read a few other Q and A’s I noted that you said hair transplantation requires extra care in a scar as to not get dislodged. Do you think that there requires some extra maturity in the subject when transplantation is done to a scar?

Dr. Bernstein: Yes, it is better for the scar to be more mature and I would wait until your son is able to sit under local anesthesia i.e., age 7 or so.

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