Trying To Look Normal After a Fleming Mayer Flap Hair Transplant

When I was 23 years old I underwent a Fleming Mayer flap hair transplant and I am very unhappy with my current appearance. I was told that is was far superior to a conventional hair transplant but I can tell you that this is not the case. The appearance of my hair line is very unnatural to me and now it is beginning to thin again 5 years later. Is it possible to regain a normal appearance with another hair transplant. I’m very unhappy with the way things have turned out for me and I’m hoping for some resolution.
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At one time the Fleming-Mayer flap was considered to be a viable option for surgical hair restoration. Flap restoration of the frontal hairline was acceptable during the era of “plug” transplantation because of the many well-recognized problems that were associated with the use of plugs.

The primary goal of surgical hair restoration is to produce a natural result. Plug graft techniques were notorious for the problems they created, the most obvious of which were unnatural corn-row hairlines and widespread donor sites scars. The less-than-perfect plug technique motivated physicians to look for alternative methods for recreating a frontal hairline, hence the introduction of frontal hairline flap procedures. Read more