Hair Transplant Scarring

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Losing your hair is never fun. Whether you have lost hair recently or years ago, it still feels uncomfortable. Have you ever had the urge to do something about it? Because nowadays, you can. A lot of people are already on finasteride and/or dutasteride. These drugs have been known to effectively slow down hair loss. They won't stop it completely, but slowing it down is better than nothing at all.

The only real method of actually reversing hair loss (at least partially), is by having a hair transplant. In a hair transplant, donor hairs are taken from the back of your head and implanted back onto the top of your head. You can cover up small balding areas with this type of surgery really nicely. Your donor hair is resistant to DHT, the balding hormone. Your donor hairs will continue to grow for life. This, ofcourse, is the usual info concerning hair transplants that you can find on any clinic's website. But there's one dirty little secret they won't tell you about.

Hair Transplant Scarring

The biggest problem with hair transplants, is that most clinics still perform the strip variant of this surgery. The strip of tissue that is taken from the back of your head, is the most invasive part about the whole thing. The strip wound that is a result of this, is sewn back up. Most clinics will tell you this strip wound will heal up so well that you'll never notice it. The scar is going to be pencil thin. It will never bother you. That's what they keep telling you over and over.

The reality of hair transplant scarring, is that this wound often heals up very well in the beginning. But later on, it stretches out. It can become as wide as a quarter of an inch. Not only does it stretch, it also gets raised. The amount of scar tissue that you will eventually be stuck with, is enough to start bothering you.

Because your nerves cannot penetrate the scar tissue, you are going to have certain sensations around the scar that are going to be a real nuisance. It's mostly itching and inflammation. But some areas can also remain numb.

Before you go in for a hair transplant, keep this in mind. It's possible to improve your scars by applying cremes, but this takes time. If you don't want to bother, perhaps you should look for a clinic that performs its hair transplants without the use of a strip excision to begin with.