I have a question on how procedure time can affect transplant success.
I had a transplant done about 3 months ago (my 3rd procedure) and it went a bit differently than what I experienced before. The last procedure was done in Colorado at an office that only used 1 technician. I had 2000 grafts done and it took the tech about 4 - 5 hours to disect all the follicles with the entire procedure, start to finish, taking about 9 hours.
My previous procedures were 1000 and 900 grafts and only took about 4 hours total for each so I am wondering what the effect of the prolonged disection time will be on my success.
How long can follicles remain alive after they have been removed? Has anyone else had similar durations for a procedure of that size?
I'm only 3 months post-op so too early for me to report on success but based on my previous experiences, I am expecting growth to start in about a month and continue to increase until about 11 months. Hoping my follicles are strong enough to withstand 6 hours out of my scalp!!!