flaky scalp 6mths post HT

[Dr. Glenn Charles]

I agree that the sooner you see a Dermatologist or Hair Restoration physician the sooner you may get some relief. In many cases an exact diagnosis is difficult to obtain and the treatments are a series of trial and error. If one treatment does not work after a week or two then it is time to try something else. What has the physician that performed you HT procedure suggested?

[gillenator]

Hmm. Currently concerned by the occasional 'groups' of hairs attached to a piece of skin that are flaking off my head. Are the transplanted hairs firmly rooted into my head at 6 months +?
The work was performed by a reputable company (Farjo).
Should I book an appointment with a dermatologist?

Yes the grafts are firmly rooted in your scalp at six months post-op. It sounds to me like your scap needs a good cleansing. It cannot hurt to see a derm to see if there is anything else causing this condition.

[barry77]

Thanks for the replies chaps.

What has the physician that performed you HT procedure suggested?

Mick (Farjo clinic in Manchester) suggested using T-Gel and their own conditioner and scalp tonic.

Yes the grafts are firmly rooted in your scalp at six months post-op.

Are you sure about this? The small tufts of hair with bits of scalp attached are concerning me somewhat.

It sounds to me like your scalp needs a good cleansing.

I hope it is something trivial like that. Thanks again for the replies.

[barry77]

Here's a photograph taken just now showing the large flaps of scalp. If that's not bad enough the texture of my head is very lumpy and scaly. Have never had any problems with my scalp like this (even when I used to keep it under a wig).

Anyone have anything like this?

[CHB88]

I have picked off similar sized flakes before but they were not flaking off easily. I had to kind of peel/pick them off with a rigid tool.

Extra Strength Denorex has stopped most of my dandruff but I see a lot still there. I think my itching might be due to the flakes that just aren't coming off. I think I definitely have some inflammation though as the redness and pitting has died down a lot since the weather dropped below 0°C.

Other shampoos seem to just irritate the affected areas for me. Even T-Gel. I'm giving it a few more weeks though.

[barry77]

I have picked off similar sized flakes before but they were not flaking off easily. I had to kind of peel/pick them off with a rigid tool.

Thanks for your reply. Is there hair stuck to the flakes? Here's my yield from the teeth of a wide tooth comb (just now)

[CHB88]

No hair stuck to them but I had to pull it up along all the hairs as the hair grew through the skin. So the flake had a bunch of holes all over. I suppose if you had really oily skin and weak miniaturizing hair it might just come loose along with the flake.

[gillenator]

Hmm. Currently concerned by the occasional 'groups' of hairs attached to a piece of skin that are flaking off my head. Are the transplanted hairs firmly rooted into my head at 6 months +?
The work was performed by a reputable company (Farjo).
Should I book an appointment with a dermatologist?

barry77,

Yes the grafts are firmly in place at six months post-op. The hair you are seeing is no doubt just shed hair. Has your situation improved any or did you see a derm?

[barry77]

Yes the grafts are firmly in place at six months post-op. The hair you are seeing is no doubt just shed hair. Has your situation improved any or did you see a derm?

Thanks for your reply. I really hope that is the case. It's been very distressing combing what appears to be grafts out of my hair after spending most of 2010 in hiding. (And having also sold my car to fund the work).

Situation not improved. Am meeting with Farjo on the 25th of this month.

[barry77]

The yield after combing my freshly washed hair. Gosh almighty this is depressing me.