Scalp Cyst and baldspots

I am a 21 year old male and about 5 months ago I had two scalp cysts removed from my head they were not very big but were still noticeable because they caused hair loss in the spots immediately over the cysts. Since the procedure they left a baldspot about the size of a nickel in the two different spots on my head. I am just wondering if the hair will return and if not if there is anything i can do to salvage the hair.

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Whether there will be hair growth or not depends on the depth of skin involved while cyst removal. Treatment consists of medications like Minoxidil, surgical approach(hair transplantation) and improvement in diet.

My sincere advice is to consult a trichologist. It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.

[bleon]

I went to a doctor and they checked out the spots and told me that it seemed to be scar tissue because it was shinny and absent of what would look like hair follicles. This was a little upsetting because I was hoping that this was not the case. So would my options now be to either simply live with them, or get a minor transplant? The transplant will probably be too expensive though and I don't want more scars of transplant sites. So would there be any other options?

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Since there is a bald patch of such kind, it is better to get a hair transplantation done. This involves moving individual hair follicles from one part of the body (the donor site) to bald or balding parts. It is two types: strip harvesting and follicular unit extraction. You can discuss this treatment option with a good trichologist.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.