Is Scarring in the Hair Transplant Recipient Area a Concern?

The following thorough response to a question from the Hair Restoration Social Community and Discussion Forums, was written by forum member “Gillenator”.

Can you get scars in the hair transplant recipient area from the incisions when they plant the grafts? I know there’s tiny scars in the back with follicular unit extraction (FUE) due to harvesting the grafts. I was wondering if the same principle applies when the grafts are inserted.

Yes it’s possible however unlikely especially if the hair restoration surgeon uses the least invasive instruments, like blades for example, to create the coronal incisions. Some hair transplant surgeons may choose to use needles to create recipient incisions. Some use a combination of both instruments depending on the variance of graft sizes.

The key is that the size of the corresponding recipient incisions accommodates the peripheral sizes of the grafts that are placed within them. If the incision site is too large, there can potentially be some pitting at the base of the implanted graft when it heals. Sometimes that can be slightly noticeable.

And of course, if you are a good healer, that makes a difference as well.

Gillenator
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David (TakingThePlunge)
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