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Hey everyone, I could really use advice and tips on how best to improve my situation and proceed! I had a FUT hair transplant in 2011. Unfortunately my hair loss continued (I didnt tolerate DHT blocking medications) and in spring 2023 I decided to shave my head and get SMP (scalp micro pigmentation) on my scar.
The attached pics are with a wet razor shave from Jan. 2025 (2 years post SMP procedure) I am very unhappy with the SMP and feel the artist went much too dark and totally messed up the blending. After the 3rd and final session he assured me the ink would become lighter - 2 years later it still looks terrible.
I am now seriously considering having the ink lasered away, doing fraxel or CO2 lasering to level the scar/fill it in, and then have another SMP job with a different practitioner. I think the surface of my scar is not level with the skin around it and this adds to the SMP not looking good as there is a shadow-effect happening.
For those of you who have had cosmetic lasering done on a scar what kind of laser and treatment would you suggest for me? I am very new to all of this and could really use some guidance.
Thank you if youve read this far and hope to hear from you!
I'm not familiar with the things you got in general, surrounding the context of hair or ink. I don't know the procedures to reverse the "ink". As far as the actual laser used to help blend or fill in the scar, I don't even think there's much collagen or tissue in that area. I guess what I'm trying to say is it's probably something I'd google extensively to try and research because typical lasers surround injuring the skin to regenerate more than was there. In certain spots that's not that easy with certain lasers.
Someone on this board might know more about it though. I only know scars in the scope of where tissue is. Even questions about nose scars or forehead scars can be tricky.
From my view the main thing is the coloration. I take it there's a depression there but it looks pretty level, so it must be very slight. I guess what I'm saying is, would removing the ink that is the border of that linear area blend it to where most of it is not visible. I mean just trying to glance, if you can remove the dark edges (I'm assuming is ink?) it might blend?
Also keep this in mind but with many lasers, especially with little collagen/fat areas, a fractional could remove all hair follicle ability or pigment. You don't want a hair outline everywhere but missing distinctly where you zap, which may stand out. Someone might know more, I just thought I'd throw a few comments out. I think researching SMP, reversal, ink is where I'd start, I have never heard of it before tbh.
Something tells me that no matter what you do with an FUT scar that it's not going to noticeably disappear. FUT scars are major scars and scars are permanent. You can make them look a bit better, but nothing makes them really go away that I have seen. I just don't want you going down another frustrating road that doesn't give you the results you want.
Maybe grow out your hair just a tiny bit. Like don't totally shave your head but like put the clipper on setting "1" or "2" to mask the scar a bit?