April 7 2005, 10:32 am PT | Posted in: Scarring
Do most people have visible scars from a traditional hair transplant?
The answer is that every person that receives a cut to the skin gets a visible scar. The more appropriate question should be: How often are scars large enough to be seen in social conditions? Most people who have donor hair taken with a traditional incision get a scar that is about 1-2 mm wide. A scar of this width can only been seen by combing back the hair and closely observing the scar with good lighting. Fully 95% of patients fall into this category. These scars should never be detected when the hair is at least 1/4 inch in length (this may not apply to a coarse, straight haired individual). If a person shaves his head, a pencil line scar will be evident in virtually everyone.
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How does the mega session Fox method leave scarring on the back of the head. I’ve read this method leaves a less obvious scar than the other version which leaves the line in the back of the head. How would it look on people that wear very short hair like the fade hairstyle which is almost bald towards the lower bottom back of the head and hair left on top?
Jose,
There are some close-up photos of the scarring from the FOX procedure on our FOX Megasession page, found here: http://www.newhair.com/treatment/fue-fox-megasession.asp
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