Back of head tattoo to deplete donor area??

[Warmer82]

I've already had 4000 folicles over the years and have white dots on skin fade haircut.
I'm looking to have another 2000 maybe more After this. I was thinking I can over harvest the back nape and further up to redoo my hairline and have a tattoo skin fade? What's your thoughts???
Looking something like attached.

 

[Bigmac]

If you are happy to have the tattoo on your head then it is a possibility. You will have a lot of scar tissue so I would speak with some well respected tattoo artists for their opinion. .

 

[Qui Bono]

SMP would be a better option to try first if the issue is to conceal the white pigment scarring. You could also consider donor restocking

As mentioned by bigmac not sure how the scar tissue would respond to a tattoo

 

[Warmer82]

If you are happy to have the tattoo on your head then it is a possibility. You will have a lot of scar tissue so I would speak with some well respected tattoo artists for their opinion. .

You dont think a tattoo shown would cover the fue scar tissue?

 

[Qui Bono]

machine gun kelly and jamie foxx both got tattoos over their FUT scar.
worth googling

 

[Bigmac]

Here is a thread you can read that may help you.

Tattoo over scar (not smp)

New to this site. Had 4 transplants around 15 yrs ago leaving a strip scar at the back of head ear to ear around a finger in thickness. Recently tried smp into scar with not much success. I am currently looking at the option of a tattoo design to cover the scar and shave back of head to zero...

www.hairlossexperiences.com

 

[Warmer82]

machine gun kelly and jamie foxx both got tattoos over their FUT scar.
worth googling

I have fue scars tho

 

[Warmer82]

SMP would be a better option to try first if the issue is to conceal the white pigment scarring. You could also consider donor restocking

As mentioned by bigmac not sure how the scar tissue would respond to a tattoo

I want to take more out maybe deplete the nape and up an inch. So I can get more fue as I've had 4000 follicles already I can use beard hear in my crown maybe 1500. But need 2000 to 3000 from donor.

 

[Qui Bono]

theres a mwamba patient named mustang who has had donor restocking ... puts body hair in the donor area so they can extract more scalp grafts. also had SMP done.

If those are your goals (just to get more out of the donor) id be looking into that first before going full tattoo personally. but it's your body

 

[Warmer82]

theres a mwamba patient named mustang who has had donor restocking ... puts body hair in the donor area so they can extract more scalp grafts. also had SMP done.

If those are your goals (just to get more out of the donor) id be looking into that first before going full tattoo personally. but it's your body

I've looked into mwamba and was thinking take 2000 out of my donor and put 1500 back in but then it starts getting expensive I think.

 

[Dr Arvind]

Most people can get 5500-6000 fue grafts from the scalp donor area.

Beard is a very good source of another 4000 grafts in most patients with an average beard. 60000 grafts definitely from people with good beard growth.

Instead of overharvesting the scalp donor, I suggest you use a combination of scalp and beard hair.
I use it even in the first HT session to
1. Save on the scalp donor hair, and,
2. Since scalp hair is thicker in diameter, we get a better volume too.

Regards,
Dr A

 

[Dr Arvind]

I can use beard hear in my crown

Why will you do such an unartistic thing?
Imagine the entire front half with soft/thin scalp hair and then abruptly an area of coarse beard hair.
One of the guidelines of using beard hair is to mix it with scalp hair and to use it in most places except for the hairline, temples etc.