After effects of strip (FUT) hair transplant method

Hair Transplant
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» » » » Do you know why strip scars stretch? Clearly it doesn’t happen to
» » every
» » » » strip patient, so why does some stretch and others don’t?
» » »
» » » scalp laxity or lack thereof
» »
» » I read it somewhere that staples instead of regular sutures work better
» at
» » closing the donor and preventing the scar from widening.
» what do strip clinics tell patients about healing in the donor area?

“Don’t worry, everything is gonna be alright”

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» » » » » Do you know why strip scars stretch? Clearly it doesn’t happen to
» » » every
» » » » » strip patient, so why does some stretch and others don’t?
» » » »
» » » » scalp laxity or lack thereof
» » »
» » » I read it somewhere that staples instead of regular sutures work
» better
» » at
» » » closing the donor and preventing the scar from widening.
» » what do strip clinics tell patients about healing in the donor area?
»
» “Don’t worry, everything is gonna be alright”

Sorry, that isn’t quite the answer that most strip clinics give regarding healing of the donor strip. They do give a similar response as the one below.

Whenever human skin is cut, it always heals by the process called “fibrosis.” This fibrosis (commonly known as scarring) is the skin’s way of healing. Thanks to the skill of our experienced hair transplant physician, the healing sites in the transplanted areas are usually so small that the fibrosis is virtually undetectable. Any scar in the donor area is covered by your existing hair.

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Scare tactics against strip this seems to be.
I have seen and experienced poor results from both fue and strip.
Have a look at my post and my scar pictures and you will be impresssed.
If you want i can find plenty of bad pictures of fue.
All surgery has its risks and this is why researching for a top doctor is essential to minimise these risks.

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» Scare tactics against strip this seems to be.
» I have seen and experienced poor results from both fue and strip.
» Have a look at my post and my scar pictures and you will be impresssed.
» If you want i can find plenty of bad pictures of fue.
» All surgery has its risks and this is why researching for a top doctor is
» essential to minimise these risks.

No scare tactics. The comments posted here are actual statements published from actual clinics. You should post a bad result from CIT. You should post photos of a low hair cut on your donor area and I will be impressed. We are representing CIT, which is not quite FUE. Several FUE clinics promote FUE but don’t have the insight or instrumentation to produce consistent quality results with fewer grafts. In our opinion, fewer transplanted grafts are in the best interest of the patient and preserve donor resource.

Most individuals know that any surgery has risks of scarring but which patients will be informed of the likely outcome of the donor healing.

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» Scare tactics against strip this seems to be.
» I have seen and experienced poor results from both fue and strip.
» Have a look at my post and my scar pictures and you will be impresssed.
» If you want i can find plenty of bad pictures of fue.
» All surgery has its risks and this is why researching for a top doctor is
» essential to minimise these risks.

No kidding, you can’t just post a bad strip scar and make a blanket statement that all strips must be bad then. The same can go for fue too, I am sure there are a lot of fue guys living with ugly white dots in their head.

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» » Scare tactics against strip this seems to be.
» » I have seen and experienced poor results from both fue and strip.
» » Have a look at my post and my scar pictures and you will be impresssed.
» » If you want i can find plenty of bad pictures of fue.
» » All surgery has its risks and this is why researching for a top doctor
» is
» » essential to minimise these risks.
»
» No kidding, you can’t just post a bad strip scar and make a blanket
» statement that all strips must be bad then. The same can go for fue too, I
» am sure there are a lot of fue guys living with ugly white dots in their
» head.

The object of the argrument was to enlighten younger individuals of the risks that most strip clinics do not discuss. Many individuals are not researching all options available based on their goals.

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» » Scare tactics against strip this seems to be.
» » I have seen and experienced poor results from both fue and strip.
» » Have a look at my post and my scar pictures and you will be impresssed.
» » If you want i can find plenty of bad pictures of fue.
» » All surgery has its risks and this is why researching for a top doctor
» is
» » essential to minimise these risks.
»
» No kidding, you can’t just post a bad strip scar and make a blanket
» statement that all strips must be bad then. The same can go for fue too, I
» am sure there are a lot of fue guys living with ugly white dots in their
» head.

Fue guys living with ugly white dots on their head - please come forward

I’ve been doing quite a bit of research recently regarding this,but I’ve not found any white dotting FUE transplants patients yet.

I’m interested in a FUE transplant as long as there is no white dotting.

So come on show us your white dotting photos.

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» Do you know why strip scars stretch? Clearly it doesn’t happen to every
» strip patient, so why does some stretch and others don’t?

I had my scalp examined by Jotronic after my first HT and he said that my laxity was still very good.
So why did my strip scar stretch??? Sloppy surgeon ? I will never know … and the damage is done. I can only say to myselve that there was no FUE option back then …

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Hi Baldie

Have a look at this picture of my donor which is slightly blurry but you can clearly see the fue white dot/scars.

I am going to compile a post together as imo this post is not stating all the facts.

Anyone who wants to see a good donor scar closure just have a look at my thread below which has graphic pictures of a strip transplant.

In the meantime i would like to see pictures of the donor area of fit/cit patients immediately post op and if you have them one year shaved down.

Once my scar heals i will gladly shave it down and post pictures as i intend to document my ht journey from start to finish.

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Enjoy, this guy went to Dr. A

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» Enjoy, this guy went to Dr. A
»
way too blurry you cant even make out what it is

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» » Enjoy, this guy went to Dr. A
» »
» way too blurry you cant even make out what it is

You can tell those are white dots.

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» » Enjoy, this guy went to Dr. A
» »
» way too blurry you cant even make out what it is

click this

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» » Do you know why strip scars stretch? Clearly it doesn’t happen to every
» » strip patient, so why does some stretch and others don’t?
»
» I had my scalp examined by Jotronic after my first HT and he said that my
» laxity was still very good.
» So why did my strip scar stretch??? Sloppy surgeon ? I will never know
» … and the damage is done. I can only say to myselve that there was no
» FUE option back then …

thats like asking a car salesman…do you think I need a new car? why yes

is my laxity still good…you ask the salesman. I mean surgeon…why yes your laxity is perfect :smiley: :smiley:

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» Enjoy, this guy went to Dr. A

how do u know he s dr. A’s patient? where did u find the pic?

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» The object of the argrument was to enlighten younger individuals of the
» risks that most strip clinics do not discuss. Many individuals are not
» researching all options available based on their goals.

Hi Cit

Well i feel you are not giving all the information on fue/fit/cit

Are you saying that had you performed CIT on this fellow your results would have been just as good as with the strip? If so, how do you account for the fact that no FUE (or as you call it CIT) result has equalled that of the same number of FUT grafts.

Also why do you call it CIT. Didn’t you used to call it FIT. What is the difference between these two and what is the difference between either when compared to FUE.Isn’t this what I had with DHI.

Can i ask what size punches do you use.In a photo put up by one of your patientsi saw on another forum the holes in the back looked very large. Probably a 1mm punch in diameter or even greater.

I must criticize you for using the same scare tacticsimho that Dr Woods used to scare people away from strip procedures which to date is STILL the most popular, successful, and preferred method of hair transplantation. I just had one myself which i stated earlier and i would welcome your comments on my post. In spite of this scare tactic it seems the number of strip transplants only went up and not down. Is it your belief that strip surgery should just be dropped in favour of your techniques.If so, I think you may have some serious obstacles to overcome.

I have not seen any megasession FUE cases that rivaled an equal number of strip grafts, so don’t you think that should be disclosed to your patients so that they can take this into account when they go to make their decision.

Isn’t it also unfair to criticize this scar, which is well hidden under his hair, when your own CIT surgery causes even more scarring throughout the whole of the donor area and severely limits the number of grafts that can be obtained in successive surgeries.Are you claiming here that there is no limit to the number of grafts you can extract via CIT.

I look forward to your opinion on my concerns and on my recent strip HT.

Thanks Bigmac.

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Forgot to say you can clearly see the dots /scars on my photo and the other one posted.
Hairsite could you resize that photo so its not across the screen.please

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» Hi Baldie
»
» Have a look at this picture of my donor which is slightly blurry but you
» can clearly see the fue white dot/scars.
»
» http://www.pb-hair.co.uk/webblogs/bigmac/6.jpg
»
» I am going to compile a post together as imo this post is not stating all
» the facts.
»
» Anyone who wants to see a good donor scar closure just have a look at my
» thread below which has graphic pictures of a strip transplant.
»
» In the meantime i would like to see pictures of the donor area of fit/cit
» patients immediately post op and if you have them one year shaved down.
»
» Once my scar heals i will gladly shave it down and post pictures as i
» intend to document my ht journey from start to finish.

White dotting can be visible at really short hair length, period. ´Does it occur on every patient, no.
Does it happen less with smaller instruments (max 0,8 mm, yes

There is no miracle procedure, there is no free lunch.

But in the end most of us will be better of with tiny white dots than a linear scar if you like to wear very short hair.

Consultant for Prohairclinic
FUE only institute since 2004
Specialized in FUE megasessions

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» » Hi Baldie
» »
» » Have a look at this picture of my donor which is slightly blurry but
» you
» » can clearly see the fue white dot/scars.
» »
» » http://www.pb-hair.co.uk/webblogs/bigmac/6.jpg
» »
» » I am going to compile a post together as imo this post is not stating
» all
» » the facts.
» »
» » Anyone who wants to see a good donor scar closure just have a look at
» my
» » thread below which has graphic pictures of a strip transplant.
» »
» » In the meantime i would like to see pictures of the donor area of
» fit/cit
» » patients immediately post op and if you have them one year shaved down.
» »
» » Once my scar heals i will gladly shave it down and post pictures as i
» » intend to document my ht journey from start to finish.
»
» White dotting can be visible at really short hair length, period. ´Does
» it occur on every patient, no.
» Does it happen less with smaller instruments (max 0,8 mm, yes
»
» There is no miracle procedure, there is no free lunch.
»
» But in the end most of us will be better of with tiny white dots than a
» linear scar if you like to wear very short hair.

you must be joking, these poor guys look absolutely terrible i would rather have a straight scar, than shotgun holes all over the back of my head

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bverotti’s comments were right on the money. THERE AINT NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. Those who think that they are going to get a hair transplant without ANY scarring are dreaming. The skin NATURALLY scars when it is punctured - aint no two ways about that.