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Title: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: bee on March 07, 2009, 05:32:05 PM
i am 30 and had a hair transplant about six months ago. It looks bad.  I feel like a fake.  I want to shave my head but I have a big scar on the side a back of my head. I also have little red dimples on the top of my head were transplanted hair is growing.  Is anyone in the same boat as me.  I am really disappointed in myself.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: SBG Math Guy on March 07, 2009, 06:07:16 PM
I'm so sorry to hear that bro.  One reason why this site was created was to help men with hairloss to come to realize that shaving is the best solution.    The primary aim of course is to encourage men with hairloss to shave before going through something like a hair transplant and then realizing that shaving is the best option.

The good thing from your situation is that you had the transplant about 6 months ago (some people go on for years).  Things could have been a lot worse.  So,  count your blessings.   How bad is the scar?  A picture would help.  Sometimes our minds tend to magnify things. 
Don't be disappointed.  It's not your fault.   Be happy that you realized this wasn't working out early on.  Don't let this one mistake cause you to be unhappy.   Concentrate on what you do have. 
I hope you stick around.   O0
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Stu on March 08, 2009, 12:00:31 AM
Don't beat yourself up, man.  You're not the first to fall for the fake promises that these companies offer; all they are is parasites preying on men's insecurities.  There are guys on this site who have gone down the same road.  Hopefully they will chime in and offer their perspective if you haven't already found some of their posts.  Thanks for joining.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Papa Don on March 08, 2009, 12:34:09 PM
Bee, I am kind of in the same boat as you.  I was born with no eyebrows and very selfconscience about it.  So about eight months ago I went to B---- Hair Loss Center.  Well I too have a scar behind my left ear.  At the time I had a full head of hair which had a texture I didn't like.  So, I am now BBC.  Not one person has said a thing about the scar.  I also have dimples and bumps on my scalp.  So What!!!  I like it and that is what counts.  Go ahead and try it,  I'll bet you will love it.  If not, you know it will grow back!!
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: DJ_Bald on March 08, 2009, 07:02:28 PM
couple things. First based upon the picture you posted I dont really see what looks so bad. Maybe it looks worse in person  ?
Personal message me some pics if you like...Ill give you an honest opinion or just post em here. 
I know one guy here had laser treatment to reduce scars i think...maybe someone else will chime in.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Ftank on April 11, 2009, 11:28:45 AM
Sorry to hear about that.  I wouldn't beat yourself up too bad about it.  I thought about a hair transplant for awhile.  I would shave down and see if you like it.  If you become comfortable about your appearence then i don't think the scar will be an issue.  If you are really unhappy with it maybe you can get it fixed up with a laser.

Frank
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Alexander215 on April 11, 2009, 03:10:00 PM
There is a product called, "bio-oil" that is supposed to reduce scarring. I don't know how effective it is though.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: marty22 on April 11, 2009, 03:16:40 PM
not bad at all. I dont see the major problem.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Dome of Steele on April 11, 2009, 04:32:39 PM
I don't know how prominent the scars are; but if you are unhappy with the results of surgery you should strongly consider going sly.  There might be some scars but it's overall a better look to be sly.  Nobody's head is perfectly complected, everybody's come some scars, moles or something on there. 

Welcome to SBG! 

Sorry to hear about your problems with plugs. 
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: JasonR on April 23, 2009, 01:36:28 AM
It's just a scar dude, shave it.

You can always make up a cool story of how you got it.  ;D
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: johnny5 on May 17, 2009, 07:31:46 PM
dude,

same boat, i feel THE SAME WAY.  I got 2 transplants like 2 and 5 years ago and always feel like I'm being a fake, like even if people don't notice, it's like I'm hiding something....  I've never really been happy with it, and regret the same way you do.  I have recently been shaving my entire head with a #3 and it looks pretty good.  I shaved it with a #1 a few months ago, and it looked great.  Some people noticed the scars, but it didn't bother me at all!  When I looked in the mirror, I liked what I saw.  And although the scars aren't so pretty, they are genuine and real, unlike the plugs on the top of my head...
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Ghost1988 on May 18, 2009, 10:16:06 PM
you should post some pics sowe can see how it looks... did you?  i dont know i kinda just pop on this site and go.  but my guess is the longer you let it grow the less fake itll look.  also if you feel theres no options look at hair systems theyre just wigs.  i know alot of black girl friends that use them when i was in high school and the only time you could ever tell their hair was fake was if they got in a fight and started yanking at eachothers hair.  the hair systems for men work the same way.  i was thinking about getting one just go i can be a stranger in another city...      .. . . .. . .. . . ..    .    .  . . .   dont juge me.

LMAO! this guy.......lol. ;D
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Rhymez on May 19, 2009, 12:32:55 AM
Now, I have not shaved my head in a while. I like to keep my head buzzed, altho at one point I used to keep my head bald. I have this scar on the top of my head which is actually sort of a dent, it curves into my head. It happened when I was a toddler, where I was playing in a sand box where some animals had used it as a litter box, and caught ringworm. It was long ago and I cannot remember exactly, but my mom told me the doctor said my hair might not grow back, altho from my pik u can see it did. But when I was shaving my head, when I first joined this site, I realized if you know the scar is there, and dont let it worry you, then people will not bother you about it. If you go freaking out and make it obvious to people it is there, then they will comment on your reactions to it. So if you want to shave it off, go ahead and shave it off. If you want to, then dont be all worried over the scar. If you keep your cool, then nobody will say anything, and if they do, remember you shaved your head for you, dont listen to any negative comments, and dont pay attention to negative crap flying from people's mouths!
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: wanttobebald on September 12, 2009, 12:59:13 PM
Guys, this is my first post.  I also fell for the hair transplant thing.  My story is that I had really thick, great hair when I was young.  I started thinning all over the top noticeably in my 20s.  At the time it was terribly upsetting as I felt that my hair was part of my identity.  When my appearance started changing rapidly and there was nothing I could do about it, I felt scared, low-self esteem, and desperate.  I could not accept that I was losing my hair. 

I got a hair transplant in my 20s.  I really think that it is unethical for hair transplant doctors to prey on men in their 20s when they are first experiencing hair loss.  I was misled about this terrible procedure in so many ways.  I regret this decision more than any other decision in my life by far.  I still have so much hair (I have been on propecia for over 10 years now) that nobody can tell that I have a hair transplant.  However, I feel like a fraud.  I hate feeling like I am keeping a secret or hiding something from others.  It's horrible.  My opinion and the opinion of almost everyone else that I have asked is that I look much better and younger with a buzzed head than with thin hair on top.  I really wish I could get off the drugs, but fear that when I lose more native hair my head will look unnatural (even with stubble, the stubble pattern would look unnatural LOL.)

I have changed so much and have a very different perspective then when I was in my 20s now that I am in my 30s.  I could care less about being bald.  I actually WANT to be bald and IDENTIFY as a bald person.  Being obsessed with your looks really sucks.  It is not a recipe for happiness.  And I feel like getting a hair transplant sends a terrible message: as if being bald is so terrible that it warrants mutilating your head to try and look less bald.  Horrible message.

Ironically, I have accepted the idea of baldness.  Now what I am having a terrible time accepting is that I have the strip scar on the back of my head.... and that over time if I lose more hair my appearance will look unnatural.  It is really embarrassing to me.  I hate showing that I was so vain, insecure, and unable to accept mother nature.  I am not that person anymore.  Now I feel like I have a more difficult task than accepting God given natural hair loss: that is to accept that I mutilated myself because I was so insecure.

In my opinion, happiness comes from accepting oneself, respecting oneself, and being confident.  I also feel that those are the characteristics that attract members of the opposite sex.  I feel like getting a hair transplant displays the opposite of those things, to oneself, and to others.  I am totally against this procedure, especially in young people.

If anybody has ideas on how to get past this, I would greatly appreciate it.  I am living with a lot of regret and shame for what I had done. 
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on September 12, 2009, 01:35:15 PM
I agree entirely about doctors that prey on the fear of balding.  But there are some contradictions in what you have written, read it again, your answer is there.  Most importantly you've accepted the idea of balding--big step.  Now the rest is rather down hill.  Stop the meds, today.  They're expensive and you don't know what else they're doing, no one does, not even the doctor that supplies your script.

Now you're really headed for the end of the problem.  Stop at a Wal-Mart or any other store--find the cheapest clippers you can find, as long as the set has some guides, usually #s 1,2,3&4.  Put on the number 2 and go to town take all the hair off, all of it. 

Intermission time--take a look, you'll be suprised by the dude in the mirror.  You can rest here or go to #1 and do the same thing.  Again, you can rest here or take the guard off entirely and do it again.  Again, you can rest here or go on.  Finally, lather up, take a new razor, I'm hot on the new Magnum MS at Wal-Mart right now.

Take a shower, get your scalp good and wet--shampoo, etc., then shave it off.  Home, problem solved. You will have left behind drugs, and all the other issues because you're now ahead of the game, no one can see how bald you are or aren't unless they really are interested. 

That's how you solve it. 

Sorry if this is abrupt, but you just need to stop and realize, if you're no longer afraid of the prospect of baldness, you have done the hard part.  The rest is really easy.

Oh, and enjoy the freedom, it is one of the empowering, freeing experiences you'll ever have and you will remember this day for a long time.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Frankblack on September 12, 2009, 02:58:11 PM
I also had a HT(at 19! What an absolute scumbag dr. To do that to a kid) I HATE being a HT guy, I would love to be bald without scars but this will probably never be possible so I will shave anyway.  There is a website called Hair loss help that I think could really help you.  Go to the hair transplant repair section, there is a topic about a guy who has had great sucess using vbeam lasers on his scar(he shaves to the bone) Good luck, and to the rest of you guys You rock F$&k hair transplants, they suck you look so much better shaved!
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: wanttobebald on September 12, 2009, 03:21:53 PM
Thanks Saintc, I appreciate your sentiment.  Unfortunately you are mistaken.  I actually did not contradict myself.  Had I not had the hair transplant, I would be off the meds today.  I have no problem being bald whatsoever.  I really don't.  I WANT to be bald LOL.  Actually I would rather have the buzzed look (like Jason Statham for example.)  The problem lies in this: Once you have a hair transplant, your appearance looks freakish if you lose your existing hair.  It does not like like a normal balding pattern the way God intended.  Unfortunately in my case, when I asked the "doctor" if my appearance would look natural after the hair transplant even if I did lose more hair, he replied "yes."  Of course now I know that was a lie.  So the other option is to shave to the bone every day and then at least you won't have plugs showing.  The problem is this: If you shave off your hair, you have a large smiley shaped scar on the back of your head.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on September 12, 2009, 03:29:23 PM
I have no problem being bald whatsoever.  I really don't.  I WANT to be bald LOL.  Actually I would rather have the buzzed look (like Jason Statham for example.)  The problem lies in this: Once you have a hair transplant, your appearance looks freakish if you lose your existing hair.  It does not like like a normal balding pattern the way God intended.  .  The problem is this: If you shave off your hair, you have a large smiley shaped scar on the back of your head.

Lighten up on yourself, everyone has a nick or two--I've got to skin cancer scars--they don't make a smiley.  No one, I mean no one comments.  I do love the ". . .normal balding pattern the way God intended!"  That's what a lot of us feel--he took most so we could see the light and get rid of the rest.  Try it, It may free you from this circle of futility you've locked yourself into.  But first, knock off the drugs, then shave it--it really is the only sane and safe answer.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: stasiu on September 12, 2009, 04:59:03 PM
Hey Bee Dude, welcome to SBG !  All of us here embrace you in our own way and offer you suggestions that hopefully lead your heart to  happiness.  I am sure there is cosmetics that you could "blend" over the scars and slightly disguise them if you take the plunge and shave your head or if you just go with a tight buzz.  If you want to shave your head and bare the scars to the world, then you will be an excellent spokesperson explaining the bad results of hair transplants.  You are at a turning point.  I believe your scars deep within will heal once you reveal yourself and bald enjoyment !  Become A Bald Bee on your own terms !  ;) ---Stasiu
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: syd on September 12, 2009, 06:12:16 PM
So wait, this is something I haven't read anywhere before - hair transplants leave scars?  I was of the idea that they somehow planted hair in the scalp which then fall off with time...
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: chgobuzzbald on September 12, 2009, 09:47:45 PM
Just this past Wed. I had a dermatologist use a Pixel or Fractionated Laser on my HT scars. He feels it will give at least a 50% improvement after 3 or 4 sessions. The Pixel laser is quite effective on all manner of scars and facial issues. He admitted to me he got a HT in 1969 and I did notice the front of his hair line is a bit thin and artificial. He keeps his hair very long by today's standards, like in 1969 perhaps. LOL  So his donor area on the back is totally covered in very long hair over his collar. His hair is gray and white and very long and he comes from a generation when the idea of being bald is totally negative. He keeps telling me to let my hair grow out LOL. He must 70 at least. This was my first session so it is red and a bit painful so I cannot tell if it has improved yet or not.

There is also the process of tatooing little stubble marks into the HT donor scars as has been covered in the tatooing forum. I might do that as well after this process if I dont like the results or they are lacking. I also want to be bald but I cannot really be confident with such scarring. You guys who never did HTs cannot really totally relate. The reason why is that with any other head scarring you came by it honestly and not from fear and foolish pride. But we chose this path and now see the error of our ways of insecurity and fear.  So the confidence boost you all get from shaving is missing for us HT scarred guys. But this forum will help other guys see that HTs are not a confidence boost at all but a cheat we all came to regret deeply.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: wanttobebald on September 13, 2009, 12:30:37 AM
chgobuzzbald you are so right in that nobody truly relates unless they went thru the hair transplant madness themselves.  The stigma of getting one of these sucks.  Hair transplants are the perfect crime for hair tranplant doctors.  Even if you it is not noticeable today...  Years down the road it will be.   And then there is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.  If you shave then you have a visible hair transplant scar, a linear ear to ear scar that is fairly unique to getting a hair transplant.  It is a dead give away. Everyone will know you got it done... and it really does have a very negative stigma to it.  And transplants really look awful compared to what nature intended.

What I think almost everyone here can agree on is that when you first notice hair loss, there is a window of time (a few months to a few years) when you initially are shocked about a dramatic change in your appearance because of noticeable hair loss.  Then after time most people get over it, or like you all, they actually embrace it.  Once you embrace it then your mind is free and you can accept yourself for who you are and be happy again.  I think this site is great, because it gives support to those who are upset about their hair loss and encourages them to do the right thing... embrace it.

What is sad for young hair transplant victims is that during the window of initial shock and non-acceptance of our hair loss, we get conned into a hair transplant by slick advertising and untruthful "doctors."  So although like many of you all, a few months or years later we would have gotten over the idea of baldness, now we are "locked in" to a permanent appearance change.  We are mutilated.  There's no getting out of this.  Any young man who wants to get a hair transplant, please read on sites and forums about "repair patients" and their attempt to reclaim a normal appearance again.  Horror story after horror story.  More lives have been ruined because of hair transplants than you can imagine.  And the percentage of people that get this procedure that regret it, if not now, eventually, is overwhelming.

If my experience can save even one young man from making the same mistake I did, then maybe my experience has some sort of value.

Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: warren on December 08, 2009, 09:10:47 PM
if you want to get rid of the plugs from hair transplant
find someone who does electrolisis, for getting rid of unwanted hair
i had it done myself and it works really well,.
the hair comes out clean with no evidence of the hair ever being transplanted
make sure its done with electrolisis needles and not with laser as needles are slower but do a much better job
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: baldguynextdoor on December 10, 2009, 10:47:25 AM
Hey guys,

A couple of years ago, I worked with a guy in his early 30s who had one of the best looking shaved heads I've ever seen.  It literally would have been a crime to cover that dome up.  One day, he got on the elevator in front of me, and I realized he had transplant scars on the back of his head.  I was surprised to see them, and my immediate thoughts were twofold:

1)  First, even THIS guy, who looked like a freaking movie star with the bald head, had really worried about losing his hair once upon a time, and:

2) He'd clearly gotten past it completely. 

The guy totally owned his hair loss and his scars.  He was "sly", long before I ever came across that term on this site.  I was still pretty unhappy about losing my own hair at the time, and yet tired of taking Propecia every day - the whole thing helped me out with my attitude a little, although I still had a long way to go. 

So back to you – if you’re not happy with the transplant results (or worse, they make you feel like a fake), shave them off.  If your scars are fully healed, you can see a dermatologist about making them less noticeable. 

But the truth is, people will see the scars to some extent, and when they do they’ll know that you struggled a little to become the man you are today, the guy who is comfortable being a man (and with all that entails, like male pattern baldness), and happy with himself as is. 

And when they do see them – so what?   You’ve got nothing to be ashamed of.  In fact, you should be proud of yourself for struggling, growing, and moving on.  Some guys NEVER get that far.  Stop beating yourself up and embrace that evolution. 

Then someday, some guy will stand behind you in an elevator, see your sly head, your scars, & your confidence, and feel a little bit better about going bald himself.

Set yourself free, man.  You’re the only one who can.

Sorry for the long post.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Ming the Merciless on December 10, 2009, 12:28:36 PM
Well, I dunno...

I was shaving the dome at the gym the other day next to a guy who was spraying and blowing his head of hair that to me looked OK-ish, if nondescript and nothing special, (my age or older) and he said, when I remarked on our different approaches to hair styling, that, "It's all transplants."  Well, fine, but what he had was as dull as canned fruit cocktail.  Sly is a statement; transplants are an evasion.  Shave it down and rise above the scar.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on December 10, 2009, 12:39:22 PM
Sly is a statement; transplants are an evasion. 

Nice, very nice. O0
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: oldfoolwisebaldy on January 28, 2010, 08:44:56 PM


I had 2 procedures with H/t's when I was in my 20's by a butcher ( I guess some people call them doctors ) The solution  I found is simple , & your ego must deal with it. Shave your plugs, and let the sides and back grow in a bit. Now it's not as cool or sexy as what you could have done, before your vanity let yourself be mutilated , but it is the ultimate solution and is overall natural .   Keep it long  enough to hide the scars but  short enough to give that buzzed look. No more doctors , no more wasted money, just embrace the way you were intended to look naturally.  Listen to your heart and just realize if the scars bother you grow your hair long enough to cover them up, and if your plugs bother you- shave them off. You won't be disappointed in the end.
 
And if someone asks you about your plugs or scars, tell them the truth- tell them what a lie and b/s transplants are and how if you only  knew then what you know now, &  how your much wiser you are now.  many men keep that buzzed look without completely shaving there heads, hey it's a lot of work everyday, even guys with plugs , go days with shaving their heads , so let the sides and back grow in, shave the plugs, you will be happier from doing it.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: marty22 on January 29, 2010, 06:13:10 AM
agreed.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: xnewyawka on January 29, 2010, 10:08:36 AM
Welcome oldfoolwisebaldy, good to see you have enlightened yourself.
 
It's good to hear someone speak the truth about these hoaxes. You'll find many of the guys here have gone through the same thing. Check out the posts from pdxtodd to see that you have much in common.

Congrats on setting yourself free!     O0
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: oldfoolwisebaldy on February 03, 2010, 09:23:06 PM
Thanks

I will check that out & I'm glad I found this site.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: gak555 on March 13, 2010, 10:10:59 PM
Oldfoolwisebaldy or anyone else.  If you shave your plugs and leave the donor area just long enough not to show the scaring, will the areas where the plugs were be noticable ?
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: timetobeme on March 13, 2010, 10:33:48 PM
Hey wanttobebald
 I really appreciate your story.  For anyone ever thinking of getting a HT it should be an eye opener. *Sigh*  The things we do for our vanity.  Someone in the post mentioned Bio Oil.  Give it  a try.  My wife had scarring on both arms from an oven burn.  I thought it was just snake oil, but she tried it anyway.  Wow-it works!  It's not that expensive, but it is worth a try.  Take care!
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: slymerson on November 15, 2010, 01:29:58 AM
There are lots of options to improving the recip. They depend on the kind of work you've had done. You can do fraxel, laser hair removal, dermabrasion, peels, topicals, etc. ( fraxel would work well for this and would be safer on hair you want to keep)
You can try to stimulate hair growth..try the Matthew Gardson's method, works pretty good for me
After that you have lots of different paths to the same result. It'll be trial and error trying to see what works to your satisfaction.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Jack21 on November 15, 2010, 08:56:45 AM

I had a HT in 2003. For 5 years I sprinkled crap in my hair and used that hair in a can stuff. Finally my hair got so thin that I resorted to a rug. I couldn't stand it so I yanked it and shaved my head scars and all. The reaction at work was so terrible that I went back to the rug (that was 08). Last year at about this time of year I once again couldn't take the rug, yanked it and came into work with my head shaved - same exact reaction. I went back to the rug. About a month ago I yanked the rug and shaved for the third time, determined never to go back. The first few weeks were HORRIBLE, but now its probably been two weeks since anyone has said anything. The world has finally gotten used to me like this, and it only took a few weeks. I don't look as "handsome" as I did with the rug when the rug looked good (.000000000001% of the time), but at least I'm not a fake hiding under a rug. I like my shaved head. I think it looks more virile. My sister even said to me this weekend"I'm glad you shaved your head. You look like a real man. I hated that long sissy hair you had before". I honestly believe that real men shave their heads. Even if you have scars like me the world will get used to them. Good luck in whatever decision you make.
Title: Talk about a scar...
Post by: bryanw on November 17, 2010, 07:43:16 PM
I'm 32 years old and have never had a HT but I did have a liver transplant when I was 13. That's one scar. Then, 3 years ago, I had brain surgery and now have a giant question mark scar on the side of my head and bumps from the removal of my skull. Now, at 32 I'm thinning like crazy.

Oh how I wish I could shave my head. Actually, I buzzed it to the guard right before I went into surgery and got a lot of compliments as to how great I looked. Now I have a bumpy majorly scarred head. If you have a HT scar, it could be worse.
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: schro on November 18, 2010, 05:37:32 AM
I'm 32 years old and have never had a HT but I did have a liver transplant when I was 13. That's one scar. Then, 3 years ago, I had brain surgery and now have a giant question mark scar on the side of my head and bumps from the removal of my skull. Now, at 32 I'm thinning like crazy.

Oh how I wish I could shave my head. Actually, I buzzed it to the guard right before I went into surgery and got a lot of compliments as to how great I looked. Now I have a bumpy majorly scarred head. If you have a HT scar, it could be worse.

Sorry to hear about that Bryan. I hope your health now is good.
Can you post a pic?
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: Dietrich on November 25, 2010, 06:40:34 PM
Hello!

I realize that this thread started quite some time ago, but I saw a fairly recent response too.

I've never gone the HT route, but I'll confess that in my 20s it was a thought. The advertising can be very convincing, and most folks didn't have the internet back then.

There was no opposing voice, no tragic photos, just the professionally made commercials on tv. Even so, it was very noticable that LIGHTING was a huge factor in the Before/After photos. Something obvioulsy dishonest was going on!

"Before" photos usually had a sad looking dude with a blotchy pale balding scalp, facing forward and down. 

"After" almost always had a differently-lit photo, smiling tanned guy with his head tilted back, waaaayyy back, hair combed and gelled...

But when judgement is clouded by insecurity, and contracts are worded to trap young guys.... The results can be read on this link, which many of you may have already seen.

I'm SO glad I didn't go that route, but I did consider it. I wish there was a way that everyone considering HTs could have access to these stories, to weigh them against the shady dishonest advertisers who have the resources to present their claims as truth. Read on...

http://home1.gte.net/dschrode/newtransplant-tales.htm
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: oldkookskater on December 02, 2010, 10:04:57 PM
Has anyone looked into a scar cream like Mederma or a similar product that advertises reducing the appearance of scars?  I'm surprised that a company in this line of business hasn't begun marketing product to men who've undergone the hair transplant procedure and were unhappy and decided just to shave.

I say it's worth a shot if it'll minimize the appearance of the scars.  Just a thought anyway and would only run probably $10 - $12 to try it out.  If you've had the procedure, what have you got to lose?  Other than the scar(s)?
Title: Re: Shaved head after a hair transplant
Post by: andy29 on May 30, 2014, 04:00:44 PM
Another newbe!! First msg on this.. I had an fue about 4 years ago, im now 29 and hair is thinning fast!! I really want to shave my head but cant see the smalls scars in recipient area and im yerrified wit it will look. My girlfriend dosnt even know iv had it done which makes it very difficult! ! The main thing I want to know is how well fraxel actually improves these. Im not so worried about the doner. Iv spent hour searcing online to fond out but have only come across  a couple of good reviews. If anyone has had fraxel on recipient area please let me know how it went. Pm if it suits. Thanks..