How Scars from a Previous Hair Transplant (FUT) Can be Improved with Regenerative Medicine

Описание: A gentleman had a hair transplant which left him with a scar. He wants to get rid of the scars but doesn't know the best option.

Dr. Amiya Prasad, a hair transplant surgeon explains that hair transplantation, whether it's the strip method or the follicular unit extraction, will both result in scars. As a full body cosmetic surgeon as well, he has discussions about scars is something he does all day long whether it's for tummy tuck, facelift or breast surgery.

Wound healing is a process that takes six months to a year. Even with the best closure and with the most advanced technology in terms of biomaterials, the patient could still get a scar that's undesirable. The scar can be a widened, thickened or irregular. If the patient doesn't have the best healing, the surgeon can potentially revise the scar but it's about how the body heals and that's something we can't always predict.

For hair transplant scars, Dr. Prasad explains to his patients that he uses cosmetic surgery techniques to make the incisions as close as possible, and also uses a material called extracellular matrix and platelet-rich plasma. These two natural regenerative materials are used to enhance the healing process and reduce scar formation, and is also used in a treatment called Hair Regeneration to thicken existing hair and stop further hair loss.

There are some options like tattooing or a new technology that is being used for wound healing for burns. However, Dr. Prasad cautions patients about medical tattooing. Although it can look good in pictures, three dimensionally, it might not look right for them. The reality is that the scar is at a deeper level and what's responsible for the thickening is more about the type of scars sometimes people refer to as a hypertrophic or keloid scar.

In Dr. Prasad's practice, if someone has a thickened scar, he employs injections of material such as 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU)and Kenolog. He also had very nice results with injections of platelet-rich plasma. Platelet-rich plasma is from the patient's own blood wherein the healing factors are taken and injected to the area. It has been very successful for areas of hypertrophic or thickened scars to soften them and ideally allow some hair growth to occur through those scars.

If someone had a transplant, they are somehow committed to have their hair length a little bit longer to make sure the scars are covered. If they are aware that the scars are obvious when their hair is wet or if someone is noticing it, then they may want to consider a surgical scar revision or treatment with injections, but Dr. Prasad doesn't think any topical treatment will do that much. He suggests doing some consultations with cosmetic surgeons who have a lot of experience with scars and understand what their options are. Someone can't erase a scar, but they can make a bad scar look better.


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