Martin E. Tessler M.D.

Transplanting of Hair Into Scars

Traditionally, people have been told that hair will not grow in scar tissue. Although scars usually have a reduced blood supply, we have found that in most situations hair will grow quite well. With the use of small grafts, i.e. follicular unit grafting, and wider spaces between the grafts, we can usually be quite successful. The following are different situations where we transplanted grafts into scar tissue.

This man had a thinned, scarred scalp from an old injury and had two transplant surgeries to thicken this area.


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This is a man who had a skin graft to cover a surgical wound. He was left with a scarred area that was exposed when the wind blew. He is shown after two hair transplant surgeries.


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This 33 year old woman had a thin stretched scalp from multiple surgeries. She is seen here after two surgeries to rebuild her hairline.


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This 26 year old woman had this remaining scar of the scalp after many surgeries to repair a large industrial injury to the back of her scalp. Grafts were placed into the scar to greatly improve the appearance.


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This woman had a very visible scar following a forehead lift. Grafting into the scar greatly improved her ability to hide (cover) the scar.


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This woman had a scar and loss of her sideburns from a face lift. She can now comb her hair back.


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This young woman lost part of her right eyebrow from an accident and looks excellent after one procedure.


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