Hair loss and baldness have always been serious problems for both men and women. Although many different solutions were suggested, none of them was found to be truly permanent and effective for fighting these problems. This was until the discovery and the perfection of the hair transplant operation. 

Hair transplant is a permanent solution for hair loss and baldness, which allows your natural hair to grow in the transplanted areas. So far, the hair transplant procedure is the most advanced and sophisticated solution for hair loss.

However, some people are wondering whether this operation will leave any scars or not. If it will leave any scars, will they be permanent? The answer depends on various factors ranging from the quality of the clinic to the care you take after the operation.

Although the hair transplant surgery involves minor cuts and lacerations, there is still a possibility for having some scars after the surgery. If you are careful about a couple of important things before and after the operation, you can minimize the chance of having these scars. It is also possible to remove these scars with a couple of solutions.

Why does FUE hair transplant involve minimal scars?

Each method of a hair transplant will leave a particular type of scar on your scalp. The area and the size of the scars will also differ according to this factor. Scars after the FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) hair transplant operation are much less severe compared to the ones after the FUT (Follicular Unit Transplantation) because the FUT hair transplant operation involves larger incisions and stitches.

While performing a hair transplant with the FUE method, the clinic personnel will extract the healthy hair follicles from the donor area and transplant them into the desired area. Areas like the back of the neck and the sides of the scalp are the first choices for being the donor area. 

The hair transplant clinic will perform the extraction procedure with the help of a micro-punch tool. The diameter of the scars that this process will leave will not be any larger than one millimetre. But these scars will be very hard to spot after the surgery, and they will appear to be tiny white dots.

The second part of the FUE hair transplant involves the transplantation process. The doctor has to make very small incisions to open the channels where he will transplant the hair follicles in grafts. The scars you may get from this process during the operation are also tiny and hard to see. These incisions are so small that you will not even need stitches after the operation.

How to remove the scars after the hair transplant surgery?

• FUE hair transplant can cover the surgery scars after the FUT hair transplant. It can be quite effective if the size of the scar is not very large.
• Some medications can thin the scar tissue and help with the removal of the scars.
• Hiding the scars with the help of cosmetic products is also a viable option.
• Laser treatment can help to remove the damaged tissue.