Can Hair Transplant Scar Revision Surgery Also Give me Enough New Hair for Transplanting?

This question, asked by a member of our hair loss social community and discussion forums, was answered by “Jotronic” – a clinic representative for Coalition hair transplant surgeons Dr. Victor Hasson and Jerry Wong,

For those that have done hair transplant scar revisions, did the revision strip also yield a few usable grafts (Assuming the only goal was to make the scar better but a few grafts happen to be in the strip taken out)?

A proper scar revision will require cutting out all of the scar so that only healthy skin tissue meets healthy skin tissue when the wound is closed for the best healing. How this is done depends on the doctor performing the revision. Some hair restoration physicians will follow the exact outline of the existing scar to purposely avoid getting viable grafts. However, this will always yield at least a few grafts.

Other doctors will instead remove all of the scar tissue based on the laxity in the immediate vicinity as the revision progresses along the scar line, which will always result in some grafts being removed as well. This can vary to just a handful of grafts being 20 to 30 or up to 400 or so depending on the size and variations of the scar shape and direction.

I hope this helps.

Jotronic
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David (TakingThePlunge)
Editorial Assistant and Forum Co-Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q & A Blog.
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