Stray hair removal?

Hi POTN,

So I've been using the surface blur technique to assist in hair removal. My problem is that when I use the clone stamp tool, I get blotchiness in the background from the removal, and I'm not quite sure how to make it look fluid and realistic--less obvious. Does anyone have tips?

Here is an example image I'm working with:

Before: http://i.imgur.com/bmF​PvWc.jpg
After: http://i.imgur.com/W1D​yyve.jpg

Does anyone have a better stray hair removal method that looks natural and isn't overly time consuming?

Why not replace the background and take the unruly portions of hair with it?

Since you have "IMAGE EDITING OK" I took the liberty of taking a shot at it, about 5 minutes worth of work:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/q5G2​iv

I'm edge challenged. I have problems getting rid of white edges, even with refine edge and smart radius on. I like your edit though!