Sometimes the way hair transplants are advertised leads to believe that no blood and definitely no scars are left behind. The reality is that every trapianto di capelli  surgery leaves a scar – even if it’s tiny. As we get older, our bodies don’t heal as quickly and these small scars can stay for life.

Unless your head

Hair transplant scars can appear in two different areas. Usually only the donor area (where the hair is taken) is affected, but this is on the side and/or back of the head so most people wouldn’t see these scars anyway unless your head is shaved bare.

The other place where you can get scars is the recipient area (where the transplanted hairs will be placed). Having scars in your donor area is kind of accepted and expected. They also usually have microscopic scars in the recipient area – these are fairly invisible. The problems start when the hair grafts don’t “take” in the recipient area and you have scars on the front and top of your head and no hair to cover them with.

Of failed hair transplants

Ask anyone who has scars from failed hair transplants and they’ll tell you they’d rather be completely bald than try to cover up the scars for everyone to see. I have had this experience in my own family – my older brother had a hair transplant when he was 18, which was performed by a hair transplant surgeon who can only be described as some kind of escaped lunatic.

Now the good news is that there are many excellent experts in hair restoration surgery. These guys can do transplants that will make your jaw drop – the results are so good. That being said, you still need to be aware of the scarring issue, so make sure to discuss this with your clinic before the surgery.

smallest possible

If you want the least amount of scarring possible (more of it, but tiny), then you should look into an FUE hair transplant. Most transplant surgeons now offer these as standard. Some surgeons insist that a strip incision hair transplant (cutting off a piece of skin from the back of the head) is still the best method, but you will end up with a fairly long scar on the back of your head.

There is a new type of closure used for strip incision grafts called trichophytic closure, which means the scar that is left should be almost invisible – but it’s still a scar. There’s no magic involved – just a better kind of scar.

hair cloning

For anyone reading this who has pre-existing hair transplant scars in the donor or recipient, there is hope for you. Hair cloning is still a long way from being widespread. In the meantime, however, there are ways to transplant body hair onto your scalp to cover up the donor and recipient scars. If you would like more information on this, check out the resource  hair clinic turkey box at the bottom of this article.

Having a scar from a hair transplant will be a fact of life until hair cloning becomes commonplace. Even then, microscopic scars are still part of the process – you can’t pierce or cut human skin without leaving a scar.