What is the best way to heal out hair from shoulder using Photoshop?

Question

I have to tidy up the hair from this (cropped) image. I used the spot healing, Healing Brush and the Patch tool, however, each one presents an issue. The contrast of the hair on the black is creating a hazing or blurring as you can see from the image below.

What can I do to make the healing better?

Original Image

Answer 1

I would try making a patch

• Use the Stamp Tool to recover a clean part of the shoulder, making different reference points

• Make a selection around this clean area and create a Layer Via Copying

• Move this layer where the hair is and duplicate it until cover all the shoulder area

• Merge all the duplicate layers and set the opacity to 50%.
• Use the Eraser Tool to delete the surplus area outside the shoulder and define the hair border

• Set the opacity to 100% and use the Stamp Tool to fix
• Click the Lock Transparent Icon and apply a Median filter to remove marks
• Add a Noise filter

Sometimes retouching an image is not just using a simple tool