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    i am my hair is thinning on one side (Frontal)of my head, i also have an inch longscar there, is it possible or the norm for hair to be thin around a scar, how long does it take to go bald from the thinning stages.

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    sometimes the hairs adjacent to a scar are stunted and may be thinner with less pigment. It is possible to transplant into a scar. However, it is less predictable that transplanting into normal tissue.
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