Dissapointed with plucking and acell any advice going forward !

[ejj]

Hi guys had acell and hair plucking 13 nonths ago , didnt really go my way , has anyone been in similar situ any advice would be greatly appreciated

thanks guys

ejj

[gmonasco]

I'm not clear -- what was the intended purpose of your procedure?

[ejj]

basically 2000 grafts to the frontal third , donor area treated with acell as shown and beard plucking into prior scars
ej

[gmonasco]

Which aspect(s) of the procedure didn't work for you?

[ejj]

Well the purpose of the transpalnt was to cover bare scalp not create bare scalp ! sorry to rain on the "acell parade "

ej

[RichardDawkins]

Originally Posted by ejj

Well the purpose of the transpalnt was to cover bare scalp not create bare scalp ! sorry to rain on the "acell parade "

ej

So then, what are you gonna do next? Any plans like any surgeon for example?

[rapunzal]

hi ejj

thanks for posting, just so i can understand this correctly.

the first three photos are pre-op, the others are immediate post op 1 week) and the last few are post op 11 months.

so you had an attempt at a scar revision because your scars were wide pre op (back and right side), correct ?

you had 600 beard plucked hairs (from your other post) inserted into the back-right side scar with zero growth ?

where did the 2000 strip grafts come from ? the reason i ask is that this is not a small amount to take while at the same time also trying to reduce the size of the existing scar. this would have been a large opening to bridge.

cheers

[RichardDawkins]

Now i understand. You had a hairtransplant prior to the Acell rstoration thing. Or am i wrong

[ejj]

3 strips removed to get the 2 k grafts , chrono of the pics is right , the plucked beard hair went into the right scar as picture 5 shows , no scar revision was undertaken at all . The before pictures show the problem scar back right hand side where the plucked hair was grafted in to , 13 months later i now have a larger scar pictured at the lower area above the neck and another scar left hand side above my ear , I believe acell creates tissue rather than scar tissue , however it is hairless therefore I think a standard closure is more beneficial

regards
ej

[rapunzal]

thanks for clarification

have you been back to see the doctor ? if so whats his thoughts ?

this question might be hard to answer, but do you think the area of beard that was plucked grew back the same ?

hope it all works out well for you in the end