3 Months After My FUE Procedure, I Still Have Hairs That Didn’t Shed but Refuse to Grow

Dr. Rassman,

I am almost 3 months post surgery (FUE) having had about 2300 grafts with a skilled and well respected surgeon.

I have a number of transplanted hairs in the front of my scalp that have not shed nor have they grown. I scrub them, and nothing. They remain. I have a few rogue hairs that did start to grow (very few, maybe 5-10) without having fallen out post op, but moreso, a couple hundred perhaps, that are just like beard stubble, and wont fall out nor are they growing.

Can you shed (no pun intended) some light as to what may be going on, what the effect of this may be, either negative or positive, and contribute any other thoughts to this as I am not panicking, but as the weeks roll by, I am growing more and more concerned.

As an aside, at nearly 11 weeks, there is no other new growth yet beginning, which I understand is not abnormal.

Thanks again

This can be all normal for the course. Hairs that remain are leftover from the old grafts and they can be identified by a slight pull with tweezers. They will come out or you can just leave them alone. I see this on occasion after a hair transplant.

With regard to the growth, wait it out. Don’t panic — if a good surgeon did it, then the results will be apparent starting at 5-6 months.