Transplants Growing In (with Photos)

A picture is worth 1000 words, and this nice patient of mine agreed to share his 4 month growth with everyone on this site. His business colleagues watch him daily and with the gradual growth of the transplanted hair, nobody has noticed anything unusual over these past 4 months. In the coming months, the hair will continue to grow and thicken, but because I’ve received quite a few emails asking what a transplant looks like as it grows in, I wanted to show this patient.

The “before” photo on the left was taken in May, and his “after” photo on the right was taken in September. He had 2,189 grafts transplanted. Please remember, this is only 4 months after the procedure and some of the hair has grown while other areas look like he is balding. Slowly over the next few months, the open areas will fill in continuing the gradual transition from a bald front to a non-balding frontal view. While it is growing in, if notice at all, it will look like the patient is losing hair, but day by day and week by week, the patient will be looking less thin. After 8 months, one can expect 80% of the growth and in 12 months, this patient will have over 90% of the results visible.

For more information about the post-op timeline, please see Post-Op Course in Follicular Unit Transplantation.