# Seeking advice on, er, hair restoration. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-er-hair-restoration/663140 "2013-07-10T15:00:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-er-hair-restoration/663140/1 "2013-07-10T15:00:58Z")
No, I’m not balding. And according to my family history, I happily never will. Ever since I was a baby, I’ve had a roughly 2½" scar on the back of my head. In a nutshell, It was caused by me cutting my head on a screw sticking out of a staircase bannister. My parents weren’t big into hospitals (or home babyproofing, for that matter), so they opted to just let it heal without stitches, hence a pretty nasty scar. I cut my hair short because it looks terrible long. I get asked about the scar all the time and am tired of telling people the story. Yes, I could make up something cool like I won a knife fight, but I’d rather people just not ask about it at all. Why is it socially acceptable to ask about a scar on the back of one’s head, but not a scar on his or her face? Does anyone have any idea what my options are as far as getting hair restoration done on that scar? How expensive is it, generally? I don’t want to waste a doc’s time on a consultation if it’s going to be way out of my price range. Thanks for any info. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-er-hair-restoration/663140/2 "2013-07-11T13:44:33Z")
No one? ---
**Author:** ![Junkman209](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/junkman209/32/5522_2.png) [@Junkman209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junkman209)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-er-hair-restoration/663140/3 "2013-07-16T15:11:22Z")
IANAD, but I would guess going to a plastic surgeon for scar removal would be your best option. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-er-hair-restoration/663140/4 "2013-07-16T15:27:09Z")
A plastic surgeon can reduce the scar to a thin line. I have two pretty prominent surgical scars on my spine and the top of my butt that people ask about a lot and I’d rather not discuss it, but people are curious and often just looking to sympathize. It seems like scar reduction or creating a quick, closed-end answer for impolite strangers might be more effective and less invasive and time consuming than hair-restoration for a thick, uneven scar. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-er-hair-restoration/663140/5 "2013-07-16T16:19:29Z")
IANAD either, but I also have a scalp scar and I’ve looked a little into cosmetic procedures. Hair transplants are optimal but cost several thousand dollars. If the scar falls along Langer’s lines (or Borges or whatever), a surgeon may be able to close it up without hair restoration.