Rogaine on Scarred areas?

[retropunk]

Has anyone tried using rogaine on areas affected by scarred alopecia? I'm assuming it probably won't work. I currently just brush my hair over the area, but since it's near the crown, it looks like I may be balding in the area.. when I'm really not. I actually have two scars in the same area - one from a childhood accident and another from a neurofibroma.

 

[DudeInNJ]

SOmeone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it's possible if there is no follicle present. There are some experiments being done on cloning hair and growing follicles, but I don't know what the deal is with those.

I don't know if transplants would work in a scarred area? I have heard of tattoos being used to blend scars, but they seem to only make sense if you have a full head of hair. Also, if you go gray, I wonder how a tattoo would look...

 

[IBM]

Has anyone tried using rogaine on areas affected by scarred alopecia? I'm assuming it probably won't work. I currently just brush my hair over the area, but since it's near the crown, it looks like I may be balding in the area.. when I'm really not. I actually have two scars in the same area - one from a childhood accident and another from a neurofibroma.

Could you explain your experience with neurofibroma. What did you felt on your scalp when you had it?

 

[retropunk]

Could you explain your experience with neurofibroma. What did you felt on your scalp when you had it?

A neurofibroma is a benign tumor. I get them all over my body. It's from a genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis. Since it's a tumor, I'll have it for life unless I decide to excise it, but they can return in the same area.

I have several on my scalp, but one is just quite a bit larger than the others. The others are on my hairline and sides of my head. The one near my vertex is about the size of a penny, but the entire area isn't bald. The others are about the size of a ball on a ball-point pin or smaller. Some of them are sensitive to touch, but not really that painful.

I would imagine if I didn't have these neurofibromas on my scalp, I wouldn't care about going bald, really, but that's hard to say now.

 

[retropunk]

I don't know if transplants would work in a scarred area? I have heard of tattoos being used to blend scars, but they seem to only make sense if you have a full head of hair. Also, if you go gray, I wonder how a tattoo would look...

I've heard of people getting transplants into chemical burns.