Here are some pics of my procedure completed on January 6th 2006. 4months and 20 days ago. I have major concerns about my scar, especially on the right side and the minor growth at this point.

Here is a firt pic of my scar :

4_months_and_18_days-ScarBack.jpg (33 Kb, 277 downloads)

Here is a pic of the scar on the right side :

4_months_and_18_days-RightScar.jpg (33 Kb, 231 downloads)

This is a picture of growth at 4 months and 20 days, this is my second HT, I already had a 1200 HT 2 years ago. I am not noticing much growth...

4_months_and_18_days-After.jpg (24 Kb, 219 downloads)

What are you opinions on :

Condition of scar ?

Solutions to improve scar ?

Amount of growth for almost 5 months ?

Hair line position, I am 25 years old, and the HT doctor refused to advance hairline a bit closer than my natural one. It is about 1 and a half to 2 inches below the natural one, with my natural hair still growing in front on it ?

Thank you for your attention

Hello.

Im not an expert to answer your question but I was just curious, should a scar be so red after 4 months? hmm

MTLien44, who was your surgeon? and do you know what closure technique that was used?

My HT doctor claims he strcitly uses tricho closure technique...

I will not give his name out until I can resolve some issues with him.

Thanks

We'll if the tricho technique was used then I imagine the scar will become less visible in time. I guess to make it less visible I would grow your hair out longer and to use concealer like Toppik.

MTLien44,

I think it's too early to judge your scar. Considering you're wearing your hair ultra short, it really doesn't look too bad- I'd let it grow a bit if I were you. Looks more like you have a little shock loss around it which should come back. It varies from person to person, but shocked hair should start growing back anywhere from 2-4 months so maybe you'll see some improvement soon. Also, with tricho, you should have hair coming through the scar which will help with coverage.

You may try using a topical ointment like Mederma, or something to assist in scar healing and to fade the redness and soften the scar.

Tough to comment on your hairline from what I'm seeing. If you're only 25, I'd lean toward the conservative side in case you need more donor hair for any future loss.

Be patient and give it a little more time.

Tri? I dont know, it looks to big for me. Let me explain. For my first HT, I had a big scar, the doctor used setures, I think thats how you spell it. Your scar looks very similar like my scar from my first HT. I just had my second HT, April 24/2006, with Dr. Feller. He used the trio technice and my scar is very small compared to my old one. I mean, in my second HT, Dr. Feller cut the old scar out, so I have only one scar now. My point is, my current scar, is very small compared to what my old scar looked like..

Thanks for your opinion...

The HT doctor specifically advertised that he was using only Tricho closure technique for his strip excision. How can I know if it was tricho in fact and would there be any advantage for a Dr. to say he uses Tricho and use another method?

You need to check if theirs hair growing through the scar.

Did the Dr. close the wound with staples or sutures?
I had my tricho closure with sutures and the sutures left a red mark either side of the scar.
The scar itself is invisible after 3 months but I still have some redness like you which is about 2-3mm wide,caused by the absorbable sutures staying in for about 4 weeks. It's fading now though and the Dr. said it would be faded completely by 6 months.
I see the guys who had staples don't seem to have this problem.

Yes...

There are in fact hairs growing through the scar as a trichophytic closure should allow !!!

I did have sutures not staples and actually the scar itself seems to be healing ok but the redness is still very visible. I did also notice myself that all the people that had staples seem to have very good results. Maybe the staples should be considered by every HT clinic. It looks barbaric to staple a person's head but the results seem to justify the means...

If at the 6 months mark, the redness fades aways I will be satisfied. My HT doctor says I should be patient...

I had sutures and my scar is very good. To be honest that seems to be excessive redness. I had some redness, but it was a thin line of redness, not a thick area like yours. I'm not sure where all of your redness is coming from. By about 4 months, mine had faded.

You obviously have easily marked skin as I do. After 12 weeks I can't find my scar but I still have the annoying redness left over from the sutures.
Here are some pics after 5 weeks and 12 weeks.
And sorry, my Dr. said it would fade completely between 6 and 12 months. Let's hope it's more 6 than 12.

1month_002.jpg (188 Kb, 134 downloads) 5 weeks

Redness after 12 weeks

12wks.jpg (150 Kb, 138 downloads) 12 weeks

Hi

Too early to judge. I'm at 5 months and my scar is still pink ( T closure). This is my second procedure as well with the first being without the T closure.. Keep in mind my first scar was virtually undetectable but took anout 6-7 months to disapperar. I have heard the T closure might take a little longer to heal as well. Again everyone heals different so I would wait until 7-10 months for it to fade...

What has been the response of your doctor?

Thank you for the pictures BrianF,

I think that the redness of your scar is comparable to mine in the center and left side of my scar, but my scar after 14 weeks is still thicker and more red than pick on the right side. The right side is the side where my first HT excision was performed, maybe that has an influence on the healing. I will wait another 2 or 3 months I guess to better appreciate the results.