January 1, 2023

Pimples in Donor Area After Transplant

Doc,

I have a similar question to the person who asked “about scarring in the donor area”. I had a hair transplant on 5/16/2006, and had my sutures removed on 5/30/2006. I went to my Dr’s office on 5/25, and showed him my scar which I felt was becoming infected due to me being too agressive in cleaning the area. I felt what seemed like pimples in the area.

At that time my Dr., said it looked fine but on when I went to have my sutures removed on 5/30, the outer level (he stated he stitched below the skin as well) of sutures had become loose in some areas. He again said he had seen this before and it was nothing to worry about and would not cause the scar to be wide or hypertrophic. He popped some of these pimples in the donor area and prescribed me an antibiotic for 10 days as “a precaution”.

It has been approximately a week since I had the sutures removed and the scar is very pink and at times I feel sudden, slight, yet sharp pain the area. I think part of the problem is that this doctor excised a previous scar from a previous HT.

My question is do my symptoms sound normal to you, and have you heard of using an antibiotic as “a precaution”

PS If I ever decide to have a third HT, I think I will fly to California to meet with you in person. I regret not finding your site and this blog sooner.

What you are telling me sounds ok. Recent wounds feel different with different people. You can not really wash too vigorously on the donor wound (reasonable washing is probably what you did). Don’t blame yourself here as everything sounds OK. If there are real pimples in the donor wound, possibly suture abscesses may be occurring. A culture taken by your doctor with follow-up antibiotics are the regular approach to this type of problem. With the sutures now out, most of the pimples should be gone by the time you read this response.

Good luck.

2006-06-07 11:36:352006-06-06 08:58:05Pimples in Donor Area After Transplant

January 1, 2023

Pimples a Couple of Days After Hair Transplant?

Good day,

When I had hair transplant, a couple days later I noticed there developed small (about size of pinhead) yellow “pimples” at base of transplanted hair. is this common ? could it be a dermatophyte infection or tinea and is it problematic ? Thank you !

At two days after your hair transplant, these pinhead pimples you are talking about may be the tops of the hair transplants. The skin shows in some surgeons hands if they do not trim the grafts closely. At just two days, I would doubt an infection, but certainly go back and ask your doctor to take a look at what you’ve described to me.

January 1, 2023

I have pimples 6 weeks after my hair transplant (photo)

Pimples may or may not reflect an infection but a doctor should make that call. Sometimes the hair spicules react that have been left behind and they cause pimples which usually spontaneously drain on their own, but it can also be an infection so your surgoun should evaluate it.

January 1, 2023

Pimple in Recipient Area After Hair Transplant

Hi Dr. Rassman:

I had a pimple in my recipient area (I am 5.5 weeks post op) that I accidentally popped while washing and it drew a little blood. Am I in danger at this stage of losing a graft and will this affect the growth in that area?

Thanks as always

Pimples (follicular cysts) do occur after a hair transplant. They most often reflect remnants of hair that is left behind at that site. The body tries to expel those remnants and these are what people call ‘pimples’. Warm soaks are generally the best treatment. Be careful that you do not have a ‘folliculitis’ (an infection of many hair follicles) that may require medical attention.

2007-09-24 12:33:382007-09-24 12:33:40Pimple in Recipient Area After Hair Transplant

January 1, 2023

A Pill Instead of Gastric Bypass Surgery for Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

A recent Futurism article discussed a new development that could yield the same benefits of gastric bypass surgery without the surgery part. A team of researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital believes that weight loss isn’t necessarily the key to curing Type 2 Diabetes. They’ve developed a compound they call LuCl (Luminal Coating of the Intestine) using an FDA-approved drug called sucralfate as a base. The compound temporarily coats the lining of the intestine and makes it unable to absorb nutrients.

January 1, 2023

Pigtails and Braids Resulted in Missing Female Hairline

I wore pigtails as a young girl and braids on my hear in my late teens and early twenties. Now I am stuck with no hair in the front or one the sides.

This question came from a woman that I just met with. It is a complicated case, mostly because the missing hair covers a large area. Her donor density is slightly higher than normal for an African hairline, but there is some miniaturization in the donor area which may impact the total graft yield. Nevertheless, she is committed to having transplantation surgery, even as I explained to her that the result might be less than a full, thick hairline area. Her response to that was, “Any hairline there will be fine”.

2008-02-12 12:35:322008-02-09 12:37:09Pigtails and Braids Resulted in Missing Female Hairline

January 1, 2023

Pigment Loss After Laser Hair Removal

I am 22 years old. I underwent 3 treatments of laser hair removal and believe that I have made the biggest mistake of my life. It was after my third treatment that I realized that the results I had in mind were not feasible at all. I have since stopped the treatments and am now trying to determine how much permanent damage was done to myself. My last treatment was in September of 2004. For many months there were lots of spots that were bare, but in the last couple of months I’ve noticed lots of hairs growing in. It seems as though it is filling in almost as thick as how it was before I started treatments. Although none of the hairs are growing in white, some of them are growing in light with hardly any pigment at all. Is this permanent or will the pigment fill in with time? Basically this question is leading into my next one which is the most important to me. Have I damaged the melanocytes in my hair or my in skin?

In response to your multiple questions, I can simply say that lasers do cause damage to the pigment cells both in the skin and in the hair. Hair has an amazing ability to come back, so maybe the changes in color that you noticed, may return after the hair goes through another cycle. There is nothing to do here other than wait it out. Be patient.

January 1, 2023

Here are some pictures of an unfortunate man who had SMP by someone unskilled WIRTE TEXT

This poor man went to someone who did Scalp Micropigmentation and had neither the art, nor the pigments, nor an understanding of what the hair should look like. With a little bit of luck, this will all come off with a proper laser. Once it is off, he should get it redone by someone who knows what they are doing! See here for examples of good SMP https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/gallery/

January 1, 2023

More pictures of depleted donor area (photo)

This is a man that again went to Turkey had developed this donor area problem probably reflecting either shock loss or direct donor site depletion

2018-06-27 06:40:452018-05-31 16:41:07More pictures of depleted donor area (photo)

January 1, 2023

Here is a picture of an unhappy man who had a hair transplant in Turkey (photo)

Clearly, whoever did this surgery, they did not know that the hairline should have single hairs and not be in a pattern. This is relatively easy to repair by creating a transition zone in front of this hairline.