Donor Scar

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How Long Until One Sees Growth from Hair Transplant into Donor Scar?

December 29th, 2005

Q: I have had some grafts implanted into a donor scar. How long does it take to see the final result?
A: In normal scalps, growth is generally complete by 10-12 months.
Grafts placed in scar tissue may often take longer to grow.

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Is There a Second Scar with Second Hair Transplant?

October 7th, 2005

Q: When a second hair transplant is performed, should there be a second incision or should it be incorporated into the first?
A: It is a very common practice to make a second separate scar in the second hair restoration procedure. This is done to maximize the hair in the second session, and it is technically [...]

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How Much Donor Hair Harvesting is Enough for Hair Transplant, How Much is Too Much?

September 2nd, 2005

Q: When harvesting donor hair, how does the surgeon know when to stop?
A: First, the patient must decide the shortest length he/she is comfortable wearing his/her hair.
Additional hair can be removed — whether through Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) or Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) — as long as, at this length, the back and sides do [...]

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Does Hair Transplant with Follicular Unit Extraction Leave Scar?

August 15th, 2005

Q: Can you shave your scalp after a hair transplant with FUE without noticing scarring in the donor area?
A: Although there is no line scar in follicular unit extraction, there are tiny round ones. You can clip your hair very short after FUE, however, shaving your head will make the very fine white scarring visible.

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What are Follicular Unit Transplantation and Follicular Unit Extraction, and How do They Differ?

June 21st, 2005

Q: What is Follicular Unit Transplantation and how is it different from Follicular Unit Extraction?
A: Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation, called FUT for short, is a procedure where hair is transplanted in the naturally occurring groups of one to four hair follicles. These individual groups of hair, or units, are dissected from a single donor strip [...]

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