SMP Into FUT Scar Failure - Need Advice

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  • Where's Baldo
    Junior Member
    • Jan 2025
    • 5

    SMP Into FUT Scar Failure - Need Advice

    Hey everyone, I could really use advice and tips on how best to improve my situation and proceed! I had a FUT hair transplant in 2011. Unfortunately my hair loss continued (I didn’t tolerate DHT blocking medications) and in spring 2023 I decided to shave my head and get SMP on my scar.

    The attached pics are with a wet razor shave from Jan. 2025 (2 years post SMP procedure) - one of the images also shows my scar pre SMP with 5mm hair length. I am very unhappy with the SMP and feel the artist went much too dark and totally messed up the blending. After the 3rd and final session he assured me the ink would become lighter - 2 years later it still looks terrible.

    I am now seriously considering having the ink lasered away, doing fraxel or CO2 lasering to level the scar/fill it in, and then have another SMP job with a different practitioner. I think the surface of my scar is not level with the skin around it and this adds to the SMP not looking good as there is a shadow-effect happening…but it’s hard to say for sure - I do think if the SMP job was better the scar surface itself might not be that much of an issue…

    For those of you who have had cosmetic lasering done on a scar (or on your FUT scar) what kind of laser and treatment would you suggest for me? I am asking both about SMP removal lasering and cosmetic scar treatment lasering.

    Thank you if you’ve read this far and hope to hear from you!
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