I am a 35 year old male and Ive had two hair transplants and a really dense hairline with some hairs angled unnaturally and too low on my temples. I’d like to remove about a thumb size on the corners and reshape my hairline. Anyone with electrolysis experience on the hairline? Which method would be best for this procedure? Any recommendations for an Electrologist in the San Francisco Bay Area? Thanks in advanced.
this is definitely an area I feel underqualiied knowledge wise so I hope someone else chimes in here.I hope some does speak up for you though this deserves an answer!
Seana
Would it not be a better idea to get those hairs transplanted to an area with less hair? It seems like you would waste them otherwise.
I’ve gotten my hairline worked on because I didn’t like how low it was. You can get it done perfectly straight like a barber, but a talented electrolysis technician can make it look natural too.
@Bayman : of course it is possible to reshape your hairline with electrolysis. The famous case of reshaping hairline with electrolysis is Rita Hayworth’s.
However since you had 2 hair transplant surgeries, it will be a shame to loose that united follicular with electrolysis hair removal.
I would suggest you to consult a specialist in FUE hair transplant in order to replace the grafts in another area such as the middle scalp or the vertex area.
We had to do this a lot in "the old days’ of the large plugs … had to thin them out with electrolysis.* (BTW, Adrien, I knew the electrologist that “did” Rita Hayworth … Rita HATED electrolysis!)
I have assisted with numerous hair transplant surgeries (Dr. Perkins), and the techniques continue to improve (now often single hairs are transplanted). However, removing single hairs that were previously transplanted? I’m not sure about this … I would consult with your surgeon before you do anything. Why?
Even though you don’t notice it, there is a microscopic indentation (scar) at the transplantation site. If you remove this previously transplanted hair, you might be left with a more noticeable scar (well, a pit). I would ask the surgeon first, but I think electrolysis would be a better way to go … no chance of developing more visible scar (dent) tissue.
On the forehead especially, skin is typically very smooth, unlike say, the cheeks that often show large "pores.’ You don’t usually expect to see "large pores’ on the hairline … which is what you might get by removing said hairs surgically. The "premier’ transplant surgeon in our area is Dr. Brent Kurgis, if you wish I will phone him and ask for you. Or, you can phone him yourself, he’s very accessible. He’s in Paso Robles and ride horses.
*(In the old days, surgeons thought they had to cut out the follicles WITH the blood supply (papilla) … totally wrong. Now hairs are transplanted with ZERO blood supply (just the stem cells, and NO PAPILLA) and they grow back perfectly. Amazingly, electrologists STILL hold onto the "papilla … anagen’ nonsense when the evidence is absolutely unequivocal. YES IDEED … the "world is ‘round!’ Is it any wonder that Jossie and I sometimes "lose it’ with these stubborn folks?)
Thank you all for the replies. There are a few reasons I would prefer electrolysis over FUE repair based on my personal experience with two FUE hair transplants and consultation with HT doctors.
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I have over 2500 visible FUE scars on the back of my head and they are really visible when I shave or buzz short. The risk of extracting the transplanted hair from hairline is more scaring below the new hairline which would not be ideal aesthetically.
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Each time you extract and implant hair follicles to areas surrounded by native hair, you go through shock loss, which is loss to hairs from the trauma of surgery. Most of these fallen hairs do regrow but there is a risk that some may not. After each of my surgeries I had pretty significant shock loss to my native hair. Some grew back but I notice the native hair closest to the transplanted regions are now very thin and some just seem to not regrow, so I now have a progressive gap between my native hair and transplanted hair. Even though extracting from corners and replanting them wouldn’t be a major procedure, the risk of permanent shock loss is still there and that is not another phase I’d want to go through again, even if it may be temporary.
Electrolysis does seem ideal to me at this point, just hope to find a good qualified Electrologist in the Bay Area.
Of course if the risk of scarring is higher with a new FUE surgery, I will definitely go for electrolysis, as Mike said.
For your visible FUE scars on the back of your head, you could be interesting in micro pigmentation. (The same procedure for redesign eyebrows or coutouring lips). I didn’t say you to do that, just advice to see informations and photos of results. It could be a interesting combinations of surgery (FUE) and beauty procedure.
Adrien, yes I actually have a consultation for SMP this weekend.
Good. I hope it will help you.