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Hair Sciences Center of Colorado - FAQs
The Scar from FUHT
- What does the scar look like? How long...how visible...what should I expect?
- The scalp is very elastic. When the donor strip of hair is removed, the scalp on both sides is simply pulled together and sutured. The only evidence of surgery is a thin, horizontal line hidden under the hair on the back or side of the head. The scar usually resembles the crease of the palm of your hand. Immediately after surgery, the scar is hidden in your hair. It should not be visible unless your hair is lifted up. After healing, the scar is virtually impossible to find. The length of the scar will depend on the number of grafts needed. Larger sessions will require a longer scar and vise versa.
- I like to wear my hair short in the back. Will the scars from the transplantation show through?
- After you have healed, you can cut your hair fairly short. Do understand, however, that scars will be detectable if your hair is so short that it does not layer or lie down in back. No matter how fine they are, scars do create some distortion in the skin.
- Can I ever shave my head after FUHT? What would it look like?
- If you are considering shaving your head, hair transplant surgery - of any kind - is probably not in your best interest. The point of hair transplantation is to not look bald. If you have had FUHT, shaving your head will reveal the small skin distortions that naturally accompany graft placement, and the donor area scar may be visible. However, if you have had FUE, there will be no donor scar, so in the event that you wanted to shave your head, it would be possible.
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