Scar Repair 1032 beard hair grafts Dr Bisanga

[Stevie R]

Hey ejj, that looks awesome man, honestly your scar was so big I doubt it even looks like a HT scar and bet you will be able to go much lower in the future, which in the end turned out to be not so bad, or at least that's what it seems like to me. It's nice to see you have fixed that thing, how much different do you think the scarred area is compared to the rest of your head in color? How long did it take for the color to improve? When are you going for your next pass? Great stuff man, congrats.

[ejj]

Hi Stevie

Thanks for the comments , i think the vascularity changed over approx six months , subtle changes in the skin tone , the white very slowly fades to a more pinkish colour, funnily enough the area feels a lot warmer also , the tissue is similar to surrounding scalp really, the grafts do an excellent job in breaking the appearence of the scar up

Im booked for May i think i will ask to stick a few more in here and the rest thicken up the front and top , i have no desire to go lower than a 4 guard , it feels great to have some normality back to my life though

all the best for xmas Stevie

ej

[Stevie R]

Yep, Merry Christmas ejj, thanks for the updates.

[Stevie R]

...and all the help from all the repair guys...

[Stevie R]

Once again ejj, that is one amazing repair case man, happy for ya.

[SL]

Hi ejj

Many thanks for the updates and wishing you all the best for 2013 and look forward to having you in the chair again.

[ejj]

Thanks for the comments.

it appears to me that im having a late growth spurt at 20 months post op in the first grafted area . Also approx half of the grafts into the crown haven`t fallen out and continued to grow so will update with pictures again soon

Had a haircut yesterday my hairdresser said there is ` no need to grow the hair longer in places to hide and cover the scarring , and we can cut a uniform length now` , pretty good to hear , its incredible how much of an overall improvement Dr Bisanga and all at Bhr have made to my everyday life

all the best

ejj

[sp8rky]

Congrats!

10char

[Spex]

Congrafts EJ, if ever a vet deserved to hear something positive from their hairdresser its you brutha!

Great HT recovery

[northeastguy]

Had a haircut yesterday my hairdresser said there is ` no need to grow the hair longer in places to hide and cover the scarring , and we can cut a uniform length now` , pretty good to hear , its incredible how much of an overall improvement Dr Bisanga and all at Bhr have made to my everyday life

all the best

ejj

Gotta love to hear that! From someone who's heard those words before I can simply say it was liberating.

....very happy for you and looking forward to those updated photo's

[Stevie R]

Man, that's awesome ejj, how low can you go now? Can't wait to see some pics but it is great that you can already cut as low as you want, congrats man.

[topcat]

Always good to hear about a repair patient that is finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.

[Stevie R]

Hey Ejj, I would like to ask you a question. As you know I am grafting my scar as well although mine is pretty small and I figure I will only need 2 passes at most. I don't doubt that perfect density can be acheived in a scar like mine that is pretty small, however, there still can be a whitish line that I felt can be remedied by some laser whether it be fraxel, a pulse dye laser and recently I have been looking into recell which is particularly attractive because it actually sprays skin over the scar, yet I have much research to do still. However, a friend of mine said that ACELL can also improve the scar texture into almost skintone or exactly like it by implanting small Acell sheets into the scar. I realize that ACELL did not go well for you with the strip procedure, however do you have any knowledge on these Acell sheets that can be implanted into the scar that can possible improve the texture, I was told to ask you. Basically, my scar is a little smaller than this and not as long but if it had the same outlined whiteness I feel I can fix it with one of these methods http://www.hairlossexperiences.com/v...90&forum_id=26, what you you think Ejj? I mean do you have any knowledge on this? Who did your ACELL strip again? But just to be clear I am just interested in placing ACELL grafts into the scar....thanks again.

[ejj]

Hi Stevie

Hope your good .

I have seen Drs who have many excellent results posted from strip ,who have recently started using Acell, and post results of strip removal with Acell used in the donor , its difficult to arrive at a conclusion as the prior strip work, without Acell was excellent , and the more recent work with Acell is excellent also , so my view is that i struggle to see any proof that its in any way beneficial to a patient .

My own experience with my scars is that the grafts re establish the blood supply in the scar tissue and provide a massive cosmetic improvement to the tissue , lessening the whiteness of the scar tissue

If i understand you correctly you plan to have your grafts bathed in Acell before being implanted ? I think the claims are that this improves graft survivability , my view is that i achieved approximately 99% growth without any healing aids , so again i have yet to see any proof that this could be beneficial to the patient

Hope this Helps

ejj

[Stevie R]

Yes that helps, I had 125 grafts (mostly 3's and 2's) placed into my scar which is fairly small and not too long so that may be all that I need but I am just under two months and have yet to have any hairs grow in but I am sure the scar will improve as many others have said the texture of their scars have improved as well, some say it is almost skin like when you place hair into the scarred area, I hope so. However, I am just hoping I can find something that can further reduce the whiteness such as Recell or Fraxel in 10 or so months if need be, if not then great. It is just that I heard that ACELL can do this, though I have not quite grasped if they soak the hairs in it or not as I am just beginning to research ACELL but I think that is right. Thanks for your opinion, I will probably end up going the Recell route if I need to further the appearance of the scar in 10 months time or so as the results look amazing with the spraying on of actual skin, take care.