That is one hell of a story! If that happened to one of my patients, I would want to get a biopsy of his scalp, looking for a disease like alopecia areata that would cause rejection of the hair grafts. Unfortunately, your story is far more common than our profession would care to admit. Doctors […]
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You are correct in that I am not a proponent of scalp reduction surgery. This is because over the years I have never seen it work well. I’ve written about this type of procedure before here. A scalp reduction could be very tempting to the surgeon and the patient, because it makes logical sense — […]
I cannot say what is going on without examining you in person. How would you know if the hairs you are losing are the transplanted hairs or native hairs? Or maybe transplanted hairs (like regular non-balding hairs) are going through their natural hair cycle of shedding before regrowing. I really cannot say. At 8 months, […]
If you have 2-hair grafts placed and only a single hair grew from each, that could mean one of three things: Close to half of what grew in each follicular unit died from the process you had done. Or… You are Asian and have typical Asian hair densities, which means that there are equal one […]
This is a patient only a few months following surgery of 1622 grafts. He had grafts transplanted to the hairline and sideburns, and while it is unusual to have this much growth at only 4 months, I expect it will get even fuller over the next 4 months. I’m often asked what a hair transplant […]
I don’t have a definitive answer, but I would guess that your emotional stress would have no significant impact on your hair transplants particularly since it occurred a month after your surgery. It’s going to be a case of wait and see.
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. […]
I just answered a very similar question last week. I have seen total regrowth (particularly in the hairline) on rare occasions, and when it occurs it usually happens in men under 22 years old or so. It’s been 5 months since he started on the medication, and although that does seem pretty quick to see […]
Hair loss from neurosurgery or a craniotomy can be easily addressed with a hair transplant directly on to the scar. We have many patients in your situation. Generally you will need more than one surgery to adequately cover your scar, but this mainly depends on how short you keep your hair. See here for more. […]
Ingrown hairs are caused by three factors: Leftover remnants of the hair transplant inside the recipient site, which then go on to produce reactive pustules Hair grafts that are piggybacked one on the other as a result of a technical problem during surgery Folliculitis that evolves into abscess formation Usually, the third one comes about […]
“No”, I do not think you affected the graft. Most doctors generally recommend protecting the skin from sun exposure (especially after any surgery), because the UV light can cause discoloration of the scar. I would think 15 min in the sun or riding in a car would not be an issue.
Generally, the delay time between the actual hair transplant and the growth is 4-7 months. I always tell the patient to wait until 8 months or so when fully 80-90% of the hair has grown, mostly to a length of at least 2 inches by the eight month. If you have had no growth in […]
Sometimes after a hair transplant surgery it may seem like the hairs are growing a few millimeters, but they are usually just hairs being pushed out before they fall out (since a hair shaft can be as long as 5mm beneath your scalp). If you gently tug on those hairs you may notice how easily […]
I’m not sure why your surgeon would’ve told you it takes longer for hair to grow after the multiple procedures, because the growth period is roughly the same for each surgery. The third surgery should grow at about the same time as the first one did. If you are concerned about growth, speak with your […]
How long were you on Propecia prior to the surgery? Have you considered that you have continued to lose your native (non-transplanted) hair and now are left with just the transplanted hair? It would sort of be a one-to-one trade off. Unfortunately, you will continue to lose more of your native hair even with Propecia. […]
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