Okay so here it goes (I shouldve bookmarked the site, but I forgot to):
Apparently when a transplanted hair follicle goes into resting stage, it then has to start all over again. It has to slowly start gathering all its protein (or amino acids) and it has to build up the hair shaft again. This is why the regrowth process takes so long.
Think of the process as an amino acid (or protein) factory. So something like this:
So what I read on other websites (and sorry, but I forgot to bookmark them) is that if you take certain shampoos or conditioners (especially conditioners) that have hydrolyzed protein in them, you can impede this process because it contains singular amino acids that can confuse the hair follicle.
Examples:
Hydrolyzed keratin
Hydrolyzed collagen
Hydrolyzed wheat
Keratin amino acids
Hydrolyzed protein
And anything else that either says "protein", "hydrolyzed" or "amino" on the label.
If it says anything like this on the label, throw it in the garbage!!
So this is the conditioner I was using. Its callled K-PAK by Joico: http://www.joico.com/joico-products/k-pak/
Its especially bad for newly transplanted hair, because it tells you to leave it on your scalp for 5 minutes or so. This gives it plenty of time to be absorbed by the dermis and work its way into the hair follicle.
As soon as I eliminated this hair conditioner I started noticing new growth within a matter of a few weeks or so