This image shows a patient with little hair growth following chemotherapy and allows the scar from his FUT procedure many years previously to be seen.
As can be seen while the FUT procedure leaves a linear scar, in patients with good healing attributes, when an FUT procedure is carried out by a skilled surgeon the scar is still virtually undetectable and can easily be covered by a few centimetres of hair growth.
The image above shows a patient who had 2 FUT (strip) procedures a number of years previously with his head shaved for his FUE procedure. As can be seen the FUT scar is barely detectible and is easily covered by a scissors cut.
The image above shows the same patient less than 24 hours following his FUE procedure used to harvest the remaining hair from his donor area.
About the Author
DR Maurice Collins
Consultant Surgeon
MB, B.Ch, BAO, DLO, FRCSI, FRCS, FRCSEd.
Registered with the Medical Council of Ireland
Dr Collins is Medical Director and Team Principal of Hair Restoration Blackrock. He was educated at Belvedere College Dublin and did his undergraduate medical studies at University College Dublin. After graduating as a doctor he trained in General Surgery and received his Fellowship (FRCSI) in this specialty from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
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