I'm at 6 months and have no growth to speak of.

I had 2400 placed in the frontal third,close to 5,000 hairs.

Is it possible that I'm just a late bloomer? Or is it more likely I am in for a huge dissapointment?

I emailed my doc over weekend, but have yet to hear back.

Any advice is appreciated.

I'm at 6 months and have no growth to speak of.

I had 2400 placed in the frontal third,close to 5,000 hairs.

Is it possible that I'm just a late bloomer? Or is it more likely I am in for a huge dissapointment?

I emailed my doc over weekend, but have yet to hear back.

Any advice is appreciated.

Maybe you can post some before pictures and some current pictures so that we can compare the two. It is possible that you are a late bloomer especially if you have slow growth to begin with.

Personally, I'm surprised that you have "no growth" at this stage.

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This is a very scary time -- I am a bit behind you and wondering where everything is.

Even though they say 3-5 months, with many of the online posters you can see good growth in their pics in the month 3 or 4 time frame, then by month 9 they are absolutely hairy.

Hopefully you will be ok. I have heard of slow growers, but if nothing has happened in 6 months you may need to adopt some realism (as opposed to hopefulness) and come up with a contingency plan.

My understanding is that most of the top docs guarantee growth -- will replace grafts that did not grow and in some cases may refund the costs if there is no growth. Of course if there is no growth, do you want to return to te same clinic?

If you dont have any growth and the doctor does not respond adequately, I would start shopping your pics around and see what other docs have to say regarding the yield.

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kevkristy,

I feel for you as this must be *very* tough and require an exponential amount of patience. It's possible that your a late-bloomer, but I would expect to see *some* signs of growth at the six month mark. Were you exaggerating or have you truly not seen *any* hair grow in the transplanted area?

Who was your doc? I would pick up the phone and give them a call directly. Your situation and concerns warrant a direct talk w/the doc, and perhaps your email just got lost in the bundle of so many others.
Keep us posted.

kevkristy,

Though most hair transplant patients see some decent hair growth by 6 months, it is possible that you are a late bloomer. Even though you can't see any new hair growth, can you feel any signs of new growth with your finger tips? Often times, new hair starting to grow can't be seen with the naked eye however, can be felt.

Contacting your physician is a good idea however, I'd give it another month to see how you progress.

Who was your physician?

Best wishes,

Bill

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Hi
Thanks to all for the support. It is a distressing time. I thought the difficult part was going through with the procedure. But this part is even harder.

And it's sort of embarrassing... My wife, family and friends all know I've had a transplant. And while they don't say anything I can feel they're thinking "what the heck is going on?"

I wasn't one to take pics but I did take a photo following procedure and then another yesterday. If you look side by side it's pretty scary. Certainly not something one would say, "Yep that's what I want for $10,000!"

I'll post pictures today. As for surgeon, he's a coaliion doc and highly, highly recommended on this site. I don't want to mention his name yet, but if does not followup today, I'll post his name. That would give him over 72 hours to respond.

Thanks again to all. And any other feedback is welcome.

Hope it all turns out well and you are a late bloomer.

As promised, here is a side by side pic of 6 day post-op and exactly 6 month post-op. Not the greatest photos, but gives you an idea.

The sparse hairs you see in the sixth month are hairs already had pre surgery (if not even less). The post op pic sort of gives you an idea of where new hairline was supposed to be.

Again it was 2,400, close to 5,000 hairs to build only the frontal third. Expectations were conservative -- maintain receding hairline, filled in front, frame face, with hopes of propecia working on crown (where there is more hair).

Thanks. -KK

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Brother your concerns are 110% normal at this very early stage!!!

Read through these topics and you will hopefully feel much better!

Be patient bro - all good things come to he who waits

8-16 months - IMPORTANT

Growth Times

Patience

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