Below are photos that depict the progress of a patient who’s goal was to conceal a strip scar. The scar was Scars repair is frequently performed at our clinic. At our clinic, this common procedure is done via CIT, a minimally invasive surgery. It is very effective for adding density into strip (FUT) scars. This patient received 80 grafts into the strip scar and the follow-up results are at 8 months and 2 years post-op. Scars usually require more than one session and often times growth into scars are unpredictable due to lacking blood supply.
This is just another example of how patients can heal after a strip procedure. Some patients heal well and some heal poorly regardless of the surgeon. Now this patient has more confidence in having a shorter hair style.
thats a darn thin scar, i would say that scar healed very well, with the shaved head one can see the detriments even of the finest scars, but it is still quite short in the after pic, and im sure many would be happy with a result like that
» thats a darn thin scar, i would say that scar healed very well, with the
» shaved head one can see the detriments even of the finest scars, but it is
» still quite short in the after pic, and im sure many would be happy with a
» result like that
I wonder who did his strip and how long ago, that is as good as it gets for a strip scar.
That is a fine looking scar, I would be overjoyed if mine is that thin, I wonder what about that scar bothers him? He can easily hide that scar no problem.
» I missed this the first time, I thought it was 800 grafts, you mean this is
» only 80 grafts??
Yes, 80 grafts produced this result. The scar wasn’t terribly wide, angles of the surrounding hair weren’t skewed but the scar could still be seen and made the patient want to disguise it. What really helped the result in this case was that the scar wasn’t discolored or raised and that made a huge difference as well. To the best of my knowledge, all 80 grafts were transplanted in a single pass. The patient is pleased with the result.
» » I missed this the first time, I thought it was 800 grafts, you mean this
» is
» » only 80 grafts??
»
»
»
» Yes, 80 grafts produced this result. The scar wasn’t terribly wide,
» angles of the surrounding hair weren’t skewed but the scar could still be
» seen and made the patient want to disguise it. What really helped the
» result in this case was that the scar wasn’t discolored or raised and that
» made a huge difference as well. To the best of my knowledge, all 80 grafts
» were transplanted in a single pass. The patient is pleased with the
» result.
Let’s say it’s $10 per graft, this only cost him $800, money well spent to get rid of a scar!
» It was my understanding that most docs would not even do just 80 grafts,I
» mean after all thats not very much money for them.
Every surgeon, advocate, and patient must have a relationship built on a high degree trust. I would like to say that there are no surgeons that perform hair transplant surgery only because the artistry of each HT physician thoroughly improves the quality of life for each patient. Fewer grafts transplanted is usually always in a patient’s best interest. I am happy for one more successfully treated case.
» » It was my understanding that most docs would not even do just 80
» grafts,I
» » mean after all thats not very much money for them.
»
»
» Every surgeon, advocate, and patient must have a relationship built on a
» high degree trust. I would like to say that there are no surgeons that
» perform hair transplant surgery only because the artistry of each HT
» physician thoroughly improves the quality of life for each patient. Fewer
» grafts transplanted is usually always in a patient’s best interest. I am
» happy for one more successfully treated case.
very impressive for a few grafts, do you have pictures of the placement of the grafts or with the same length hair as the before pics please. sure he is well happy.
Yet again another mis-leading before (shaved) and after pics (unshaved) result. You absolutely have no clue if the 80 grafts actually did cover the scar.
If this patient had a before shot that was grown to the length of the after shot, the truth would be revealed. Shame on you.
» » » It was my understanding that most docs would not even do just 80
» » grafts,I
» » » mean after all thats not very much money for them.
» »
» »
» » Every surgeon, advocate, and patient must have a relationship built on
» a
» » high degree trust. I would like to say that there are no surgeons that
» » perform hair transplant surgery only because the artistry of each HT
» » physician thoroughly improves the quality of life for each patient.
» Fewer
» » grafts transplanted is usually always in a patient’s best interest. I
» am
» » happy for one more successfully treated case.
»
»
»
» very impressive for a few grafts, do you have pictures of the placement of
» the grafts or with the same length hair as the before pics please. sure he
» is well happy.
canadadry,
Yes. Placement of the scalp donor grafts was adequate. The vertical scar in the donor wasn’t touched.
» Yet again another mis-leading before (shaved) and after pics (unshaved)
» result. You absolutely have no clue if the 80 grafts actually did cover the
» scar.
»
» If this patient had a before shot that was grown to the length of the
» after shot, the truth would be revealed. Shame on you.
Bigmac,
You may or may not have a clue about what is depicted in the attached photos. The patient had 80 grafts into a fine scar grew just fine. If you have ever seen a patient who has received 80 grafts transplanted into a fine scar then you would have a pretty strong opinion about the high survival rate of the scalp donor hair grafts placed into the fine scar. The patient has excellent growth from the scar grafting session. This patient can have a haircut with a one guard or less and still not have a visible linear scar.
It says a lot when you question our photos and you haven’t made a positive comment about our clinic’s cases. I hope you try enjoying the success of our many patients’ results. This patient would be proud to testify about the growth in the scar. Luckily, this patient attended our live-patient viewing at an ISHRS meeting. Our older returning patients’ may shave their donor area once but since we have been doing away with shaving the donor area all together, this patient is returning and didn’t want to completely shave ( “bic”) the donor area. In the meantime, I’ll try to get a perfectly “unshaved” photo and get a recorded testimony to support this case.
Are you kidding me? Please stop johnny. We all know the particulars here.
All i did was accent the obvious. Stop please. I beg you to stop the madness.
» Are you kidding me? Please stop johnny. We all know the particulars here.
» All i did was accent the obvious. Stop please. I beg you to stop the
» madness.
Bigmac,
Actually you definitely are not the spokesman who speaks for the forum members. I do understand that everyone has an opinion, however, yours is usually inaccurate or off topic and mean spirited in regards to the actual topic of discussion.
FYI, Johnny isn’t my name. You should relieve yourself of jumping to conclusions about what you don’t know. Feel free to call our office and request to speak to this patient.
» There is no way that this depicts the removal of just 80 fus???
» What is going on here???
Marco,
Excellent question. This photo shows the extraction of 1420 CIT grafts with 80 CIT grafts placed into the strip scar and the remaining 1300 grafts went to the frontal third.
» » There is no way that this depicts the removal of just 80 fus???
» » What is going on here???
»
» Marco,
»
» Excellent question. This photo shows the extraction of 1420 CIT grafts
» with 80 CIT grafts placed into the strip scar and the remaining 1300 grafts
» went to the frontal third.
»
»
» » Are you kidding me? Please stop johnny. We all know the particulars here.
»
» » All i did was accent the obvious. Stop please. I beg you to stop the
» » madness.
»
» Bigmac,
»
» Actually you definitely are not the spokesman who speaks for the forum
» members. I do understand that everyone has an opinion, however, yours is
» usually inaccurate or off topic and mean spirited in regards to the actual
» topic of discussion.
»
» FYI, Johnny isn’t my name. You should relieve yourself of jumping to
» conclusions about what you don’t know. Feel free to call our office and
» request to speak to this patient.
Bigmac is right. If the patient did not bother getting any FUE into the scar, he could still achieve the same “after” results by growing the hair to the length in the after pictures.
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