Hair Stands Straight Up After Transplant

I had a procedure of 3000 grafts placed in the front and now 8 months later, the hair that grew out stands straight up like toothpicks coming out perpendicular to the scalp. Can this be fixed?

The direction that hair grows after a transplant is determined by the transplant surgeon. Some doctors place the hair straight upward reaching for the sky like you reported, while others place them in a radial direction so that the hair looks like the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Some hair restoration procedures (like those of flaps), have hair that grows 90 degrees off pointing to the side. In all of these situations, the transplants or flaps permanently point the direction of the hair.

These are tricky repairs and most of the time the repairs are not able to correct the entire directional issue. I would advise setting up a consultation with me or a good hair transplant doctor in your area with lots of experience (I’m not sure where you’re located) to ascertain what, if anything, can be done to correct the problem.