can you get a hairtransplant removed

[ZLMsLookinUp]

say i get one to fill in my hairline, stay on finasteride or dutasteride and rogain until im 35 and say, you know what, i got a good 35 years out of my hair and im ready to let it go. I know that i am genetically programed to have the horseshoe total bald baby. so when im 35 and ready to let it go, can i get the transplanted grafts removed and let my head go. i mean im only 21 now, if this were happening when i was 35 i would just bic it. also whats the scarring like if you go to a top notch Doctor?

 

[Guest]

ZLMs,

Trust me on this, you never and I mean never want to put yourself in that dilemma. It would almost be like trying to enter the womb again, and I'm referring to the odds of success with the end result.

As kind as I can say this, if you in your own mind know that you really are not a candidate for hair transplants, you probably don't want to create a future living nightmare for yourself. :freaked2: No offense.

If your hairloss bothers you that much consider a high end hair system. At least that way you won't be kicking yourself when you reach 35. :wink:

 

[oDD_LotS]

Gillenator makes good points!

A hairtransplant is like a tattoo. Yes, it may be possible to somewhat erase what you've done, but if you're already considering "undoing" it, then it's not for you!

And I also second the recommendation to at least do a bit of research on hairsystems (aka toupees/wigs/rugs/hair units/"biomatrix strand by strand B.S" ). They're not a bad option for those that feel tlike the really have to have a decently thick head of hair in short order and may want to give it up down the line.

 

[Vega]

35 isnt that old. when you get there you wont want to be bald just like you dont now

 

[michael barry]

There are small scars every time the skin is pierced. You will have little white dots all over your head that look like polka dots. The skin has what is called "cobblestoning" in the transplant business........meaning little uneven bumps all over your scalp. Here is a pic of this phenomena here http://www.4hair.com.au/uploads/WB_Before_025_Large.jpg although I admit this pic is of one of the worst hair transplants you'll ever see and things are much better now. Whenever you cut the skin though......a WHITE scar will result. Your head is not really white, but a pale pinkish color. Look at anywhere you might have a scar on your body and how it contrasts with the skin around it......you'll have that a thousand times over in little dots. You will have a donor scar in the back of you head also if you choose a regular transplant http://www.truedorin.com/img/photo/dsh2.jpg like that.......but perhaps bigger than that one as Ive seen em' half an inch wide cut all the way from ear to ear in the back of your head.......giving you a "smiley face" back there. SO buzzing your head will forever be a "no-go" to you.

Remeber also that if your donor area really thins radically, you can end up like this http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... D%26sa%3DN


Hopefully, as cloning trials are supposed to start sometime in 2007 with the FDA, we will have cloning (or hair multiplication) as an option as early as 2010. Then we can "multiply" our donor areas hair's stem cells numerous times so all men, regardless of an Ed Asner sized hippocratic wreath http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... D%26sa%3DG will have enough hair to have a good head of hair again.

 

[Sam01]

Why can't he just shave transplanted hair when he feels that he doesnt want that hair anymore... ?? he can leave the hair on the sides and the back so he would look like normally balding..no ?
I'm just trying to figure out what would the skin look like when you shave transplanted hair...

 

[tpeter]

Why can't he just shave transplanted hair when he feels that he doesnt want that hair anymore... ?? he can leave the hair on the sides and the back so he would look like normally balding..no ?
I'm just trying to figure out what would the skin look like when you shave transplanted hair...

according to Michael Barry it will still look weird. I guess those white spots still are seen,

 

[Sam01]

So scarring happens in both the donor area and transplanted area..this new to me.. I read many posts and discussions in this forum and no one ever talked about scarring or marks on the transplanted area when it's shaved.

 

[michael barry]

Yes, there are lots of scars in the recipient area. Every time your skin is pierced or cut in ANY WAY, there is a healing process (think of a knife wound). This healing process entails extra fast cellular growth, but does not include melanocyte growth as well. The new skin loses the ability to pigment itself. It will be very white.

http://hairtransplantnetwork.com/Share- ... ToS=repair That page has several pictures of hairtransplant repairs. If you look close, you will see the "white dots' UNDER EACH AND EVERY TRANSPLANTED PLUG. If you get dense work, youre whole scalp will turn quite white because almost all of it will be scar tissue. If you get undense work, you have a head full of polka dots that are white against your pinkish scalp skin. The scar in the back of the head is a linear one, usually about the witth of a straw. It might go from almost ear to ear. It will be very white. You will never buzz your head again after a big transplant. Some docs will transplant hair back into the donor scar though.....and it will mitigate the appearance by the hair's presence there.

On buzzing your head after transplants though...........if you shave them, you can see the hair underneath because scalp skin is much thinner than beard skin. They look like grey dots under the scalp skin. Its not like getting a close shave on your face. The dots are there for the world to see too. SO a guy would have to get a skin-colored tatoo on his head or wear makeup on his scalp if he wanted to shave his transplants.
http://forhair.com/fue_hair_restoration_results.html Those are pics of a real state of the art transplant by a good professional surgeon, Cole. If you look, you see all the tiny holes he made in the donor area (this is not a strip scar surgery). There will be small white scars around them, but they wont be very noticeable. A bigger incision is made in the recipient (front) area though. MOre noticeable. But transplants arent supposed to be worn very short though............so this guy should be OK unless he's one of the people whose hippocratic wreath was slated to thin.

HM phase 2 trials are set to start this summer by the way.