Fantastic FUT Strip Scar after 2700 Grafts.

[Shapiro Medical Group]

Patients currently have a choice between either FUT or FUE for their hair transplant surgery. Both are excellent techniques and at SMG we currently do about ½ FUE and ½ FUT.

By far, main reason most patient chose FUE is their fear of the linear scar associated with FUT.

While it is true that there is a risk of a linear scar that could be clinically significant €¦.. most of the time the scar is very difficult to find at hair lengths greater than 1 cm. It is important for patients to have a true perspective or the relative risks of both procedures with respect to donor scarring, recipient growth, etc. €¦.in order to make informed decisions.

Below is an example of a FUT strip scar that healed very well, making it hard to find. At Shapiro Medical the majority of our donor closures heal similar to this result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_fZO41_T4



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[SADbutTRUE]

video or picture isn't working. for strip cases what length guard on a razor would 1cm be.sorry for the silly question.

 

[Shapiro Medical Group]

Hmmm, just tried and the video worked just fine but a link has been inserted.
Guard 3 comes closest to 1cm length.
Each guard number means 3 mm[/b] or 1/8 inches (= 3,175 mm). Number 1: 3 mm[/b] - 1/8". Number 2: 6 mm[/b] - 2/8" (1/4"). Number 3[/b]: 9 mm - 3/8".

 

[SADbutTRUE]

Thats a great scar ,n thnks for the information on guard lengths.

 

[bullitnut]

Awesome scar, do you know whether sutures or staples were used for this guy? ¬b`

 

[wiseone]

Super scar.
He could probably pull off a #2 guard.

 

[Bigmac]

Very nice donor scar.

 

[bullitnut]

Out of curiosity I've had both sutures and staples at SMG what are the deciding factors as to which method is used? Do different doctors like different ones?

 

[Shapiro Medical Group]

It depends on the doctor and what he feels is best for the particular patient.

 

[bullitnut]

Shapiro Medical Group wrote:

It depends on the doctor and what he feels is best for the particular patient.

Thank you i appreciate the response

 

[france]

Fantastic.