Hair Transplant Scar Revision

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Hair Transplant Scar Revision Choices

Hair Transplant Scar Revision

Hair transplant scar revision is the correction to minimize the scar. The scar occurs after a hair transplant by strip method and it is left behind in the donor area. Patients should conscious that there will be a scar after the surgery but there are some solutions to minimize the scar visibility. The scar can be revised with surgical techniques like Botox injectable treatment, follicular unit extraction, or trichophytic closure.

The most simplest and common hair transplant scar revision is taking away the scar tissue and reclosing the affected location. This method can aid minimize scar visibility. The doctor may choose to do trichopytic closure that is a method used to let hair follicles grow hair follicles into the scar location further reducing scar visibility.

Another hair transplant scar revision is FUE (follicular unit extraction). This procedure is extracting selectively hair graft follicles from the donor area without reducing a strip of tissue. The method can be used as well to plug in the donor scar location. The scar visibility can be minimized by this procedure or it can make almost not possible to look the origin scar.

In a new research, several surgeons have experienced using Botox injections around the scar location to help stop excessive stretching that in order will help stop the scar from stretching or widening. Not many surgeons using this method and there is no exact recommendation or conclusive on the amount of Botox to be applied. That method should be done by the practicing doctor and should be kept on within secure practice standards.

A scar can take only if as six or more month to totally heal or mature. So, it is suggested that the patients should wait a minimum of six months after hair transplant surgery to get hair transplant scar revision/


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