My Hair Transplant Hasn’t Grown In 3 Months After Surgery
Dear Doctor R.,
I had a FUT procedure of 3,000 grafts 3 months ago, primarily into the vertex area. Three months on, none of the transplanted hair has yet fallen out nor has it noticeably grown past 5mm.Should I understand this as a random event, or should I infer that this represents some indicator of the expected telegen/anagen phase timeline? Thanks & with regards
I would not expect the hair to grow out until 5-7 months have elapsed. Following a hair transplant, your newly transplanted grafts will go through a dormant phase. All you can do at this point is have patience. Some people could see the start of growth after a few months, some take a little longer. A very lucky few will not go through any dormant phase and the hair just starts growing.
Did you ask your surgeon? You should’ve been informed of the wait time prior to undergoing your surgery.
Thanks for your response Doctor, I see now that I did not phrase my question well. What I meant to ask is: as virtually none of my transplanted hair has fallen out at the 3 month post-op mark, is this in any way an indicator of telegen/anagen time phasing? That is, is one likely to have later new growth due to this phenomenon or is there no relationship between grafted hair retention and the regrowth timeline?
Thanks