Pros and Cons of A Hair Transplant Scar Revision Procedure

July 28th, 2010 admin

This question comes from a member of the Hair Restoration Social Community and Discussion Forums: A past follicular unit transplantation procedure left me with a less than desirable hair transplant scar. I’m now investigating a scar revision procedure and I’m wondering the potential pitfalls and risks of this operation? Although revising a follicular unit transplantation (FUT) scar


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