Preface
So these are the pictures relating to my hair transplant. According to my doctor, he would normally go for FUT for trans women he wouldn’t have to shave much of the scalp–just the strip. For trans women, FUT has minimal downsides because the scar will be hidden underneath all the long hair.
However, my scalp is too tight–if he had gone through with FUT, my scalp would try to split apart, leading to more risk of infection, a wider scar, and a more noticeable weird spot at the back of my head even with long hair. This is why we went with FUE.
The downside of course, is that he had to basically give me an undercut, as you will see below. This was acceptable to me, because my hair was still short, so there wasn’t much effort wasted. Shaving my head completely was also an option, but I wanted to keep something.
Pictures
- They had to give me pigtails because of the awkward length of my hair.
- Had to take a selfie because I looked so ridiculous. My doctor did not shave the immediate temple hair because he needed the guide.
- My girlfriend was present (best gf ever) and she took a weirdly flattering photo, despite the hair.
- As you can see, the procedure was quite aggressive, using almost the entire back of the head as a donor area. This was necessary because there was a lot of ground to cover in both the mid-scalp and the fronto-temporal region. This was a calculated risk, because I was essentially hormonally female, and there was little chance that recession would reach those follicles.
The morning after the procedure. Looking weird, but whatever. I knew what I was getting into. No swelling had set in yet.
But the swelling started in the evening, and got steadily worse, but exactly as my doctor warned. (Starting from the forehead, migrating to the brows, then the sides of the head, then the eyelids) The last photo was taken just before writing this entry, and I have never looked more like an old asian lady in my life.
At this point, I’ve begun very gently washing my hair with a basin of water, and using a surgical sponge that my doctor gave me to dab on the wounds. There’s a distinct “eggy” smell, but I don’t know what exactly it is.
It has begun to itch, so the challenge for the next few days will be not to scratch.