Hello, i had a hair transplant 1,5 years ago. All was ok, until 1 year everything was fine, the thin areas were nicely filling in. But after 1 year the transplanted hairs became too thick and coarse, and now they look unnatural. What is the cause of this, and is there a solution to "soften" them?
I mean, it's logical for transplanted hair to be thicker than the existing hair in the front(which is miniaturised to some degree), but these are simply too,too thick and coarse, and hard to style.
Which is kind of strange, i remember my surgeon telling me that my hair in donor area is not so thick in caliber), and now they are super-super thick. Why are they now, almost thicker than in donor area? They are certainly thicker than at the moment of transplant, 'cause i remember it well, in the 1-2 weeks till they shed, they were perfectly looking, and surely hair diameter was less than it is now.
And what solutions do i have to soften them?
From what i read on the net, some sources say that it may be only temporary, and the hairs are going to get more "normal" in a couple of years, but others say that it is not true.
Other people suggeste plucking them(so they grow back thinner and more normal), or even apply laser on them, but of course these are extreme and dangerous methods.
Did other people with HT have the same problem? Too thick hairs in transplanted area?
Note: i did it a really good HT surgeon, so it's not a bad, botched job, not at all. I repeat, at some point it was looking perfect, but then suddenly the hairs got too thick.
And...i took MSM supplements and biotin for almost the whole last year. Is it possible that MSM be the culprit, as MSM thickens hair . But i stopped MSM for 2 months and they remain as thick as before in the transplanted area.
P.S. The reason it's bothering me is that i like to keep the hair short all-over, if i keep it longer, of course the probem becomes almost undetectable. But i like to have the option to keep hair short, and when t's short, the thick transplanted hairs simply get me mad.
Well, i want to keep my hair short after having a transplant, but i have the problem that transplanted hairs appear too thick, so it looks some kind of unnatural.