Does transplanted hair grow the same thickness as normal hair

I’m 30M and considering getting a transplant. My case is a little unique though. My hair is actually very thick and curly. My hair loss is at the entire crown of my head and it’s due to physical trauma of the hair root from decades of pulling the hair out due to a disorder called trichotillomania rather than “natural” male-pattern baldness. So basically all the hair on the crown is very, very thin, in stark contrast with the rest of my hair. I’m very happy to be in remission from the disorder.

I’ve always wanted long hair, but my worry is whether the transplanted hair will still have a very noticible thickness/texture difference than the rest of my hair. At the consult I was told that once the hair is transplanted, it won’t grow back “as thick” as the rest of it, but they still think it will look fine.

Trichotillomania might return when you are stressed, putting you back in the same situation you are now.  The transplanted hair will always look like your donor hair, sometimes a little wavier.  Discuss medications you might take after the transplant to be assured that the condition does not return. A few of my favorite patients with this disease have ended up returning with the same balding that they had before I transplanted them.