Surgical, Traumatic, and Burn Scars can be Revised with Hair Transplant
Scars from birth, trauma, surgery, burns, chemicals, etc. that have left hairless areas on the scalp or face can often be treated with hair transplantation. The hair is obtained from the scalp, just like a normal transplant. Scar tissue is not as vascular as regular skin, but surprisingly it can grow transplanted hair very well. Sometimes it will take more than one session to achieve the desired density.
Examples of Scar Repair:
Skin cancer is frequently found on the scalp, especially in individuals with thinning hair. You are more prone to skin cancer on the scalp when hair is not there to protect it from damaging UV rays.
Another example is surgical scars from a face or brow lift. While many scars are very well-hidden, sometimes the sideburns are lifted up, which creates a vacant or unnatural appearance to the area in front of the ear. In addition, with age or male/female pattern hair loss, the hair that used to hide a face lift scar either in the frontal hair line or behind the ear may thin, causing the scar to become visible over time. Hair restoration may help camouflage these types of surgical scars.
Occasionally we see injuries from car accidents, falls from bikes/skateboards, or other accidental trauma that can cause a hairless scar of the scalp, eyebrow, mustache, or beard area. These are all examples of scars that may be helped through hair transplant.
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