Hair Restoration Hair Transplant Surgery by Dr. Diep. Medical Hair Transplant and Aesthetics www.mhtaclinic.com 1-866-999-6482 This video shows the result after few weeks to few months after fixing the linear scar of the donor area. Do you have large scar from previous hair transplant, burn, or accident? Does the scar in the back of your head bother you? Is the scar too large or too visible to shave your head? Do you want to wear your hair shorter? There are two techniques to reduce the scar visibility. The two techniques are Trichophytic incision and FUE (Follicular Unit of Extraction). The Trichophytic incision involves shaving one edge of the skin down to 0.5 to1 mm. The shaved edge will be tucked underneath the non-shaved edge slightly when suturing the two edges together during wound closure, angling the root slightly to allow hair to grow through the scar, making the scar smaller. However, there will always be an area of no hair on the linear scar. The Con of Trichophytic incision are: 1) Cannot place hair in the middle of the scar, always leading to an area of no hair on the scar 2) The risk of increasing the scar size as tension increase from multiple hair transplant 3) More painful during recovery when compared to FUE 4) Trichophytic is only effective to reduce scar size on small or narrow scar, not the large one 5) Ingrown cyst or pimple can often occur, but temporary only 6) More chance of bleeding 7) More chance of infection 8) More chance of numbness 9) More …
