hair implants before ffs?

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u/bread_mountain
Thu Sep 24 15:31:37 2020 UTC
(7 comments)

Hi all, I have a question about hair implants & ffs... I'm interested in getting hair implants to fill out my M-shaped hairline. I'm not sure if ffs is part of my longer-term transition goals or not, but I want to know how this decision would affect it. I know often with forehead work, surgeons will lower patients' hairline as part of the surgery process. I'm wondering if getting hair implants would cause any problems or complications with ffs down the road. Does anyone have any insight?

Thank you~

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u/thatDanachick
Thu Sep 24 16:04:25 2020 UTC
(2 children)

...its usually not a good idea as there can be shock fallout after FFS near the forehead incision site...some Dr.s will do it a week or so after FFS but in the end it is best to speak to any potential surgeons you may be considering for FFS for their best advice...

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Thu Sep 24 18:48:12 2020 UTC
(1 child)

its usually not a good idea

Does it matter how long it's been since the transplanting? I'll be having FFS a full 3 years after my hair transplant, which went awesome.

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Thu Sep 24 18:50:14 2020 UTC
(0 children)

...i would think that sort of time gap would be fine but only your surgeon will know all the possibilites...

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u/notyourdonut
Thu Sep 24 18:01:21 2020 UTC
(0 children)

Ffs first, definitely

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u/Aenonn
Thu Sep 24 19:55:45 2020 UTC
(0 children)

It's also about hiding the forehead scar. you can get the transplanted hair at and below the scar to hide the leftover scar even more. (Though the scar tends to be 'barely there.')
I have also had a convo with a surgeon that said if the hair transplant 'holes' were poked deep enough, the pinpoint scars left over makes it sightly more difficult to 'peel the scalp.'
O.O <- my expression at that news.

So, definitely talk to the surgeon on this.

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u/Klafka612
Thu Sep 24 21:49:37 2020 UTC
(0 children)

My ffs surgeon ( deschamps-braly ) strongly urges to not get hair grafts prior to ffs as there is risk to forehead vascularization which can impact ffs procedures involving the forehead down the line.

I do not have any reviewed papers unfortunately validating this - he does expound on his viewpoint on his site however https://deschamps-braly.com/facial-feminization-surgery/hair-transplants/ wherein all the usual caveats regarding non peer reviewed opinion pieces reside.

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u/wormyshroom
Fri Sep 25 01:22:49 2020 UTC
(0 children)

FFS is basically always recommended first to prevent loss of the transplanted hair