Nylonhair

Hi Forum,

Happy hair growing everyone.

I have a question regarding my own treatment at the moment. I have restarted using minoxidil and within a few weeks of use I have noticed a build up of what I believe are dried hardened lumps of minoxidil stuck onto my scalp in places where I apply it (the reason why I stopped two years ago). 

It seems like 25% of my scalp surface is covered in these hard legions which is quite a lot and I feel this is causing two things - 

- prevention of further minoxidil soaking into my scalp where I need it

- my existing hairs being deprived of air/oxygen and when I gentle pull at the dried scabs to remove them, like 8 hair strands come off with it. It's quite scary!

A question I have to the forum and experts, is whether there is a simple solution to remove the dried minoxidil. Could I apply something to my scalp to dissolve it? Coconut oil? A steriod ointment?

Note, I do suffer from mild psoriasis (not scalp) so this build up on my head could be caused by this, where lumps could be combination of minoxidil and dried skin.

Any advice/comments/questions are welcome.

Thank you,

Nylonhair

Thank you @Dr. Glenn Charles, that is reassuring to know. 

I guess I just found it concerning when viewing my scalp on the 4-5th week that some hairs had grown quite noticeably in length whilst in nearby areas some hairs had remained had the same stubbly short length. 

Good to know that this is nothing to be concerned about.

Thanks,

Nylonhair

Hi,

Thank you all for the responses to my initial query. Sorry, I am only now seeing some of them and hence the late reply.

What I was ultimately trying to understand from the experts, and those who have been through a full HT journey, is whether very small transplanted hairs, 2-4 weeks post surgery, that do NOT look to have grown (as compared to most of the other hairs that have grown longer a little bit), are they a indication that the hair follicle has died during the journey of the transplant (perhaps what they call an 'unsuccessful graft')?

Or, to explain myself in another way, should I expect ALL transplant hairs that happen to remain on scalp by around 4th week (or whenever the shedding phase happens to occur - immaterial) to have grown in some length? And therefore, for those which grown 0% (i.e. do not grow) at the time of the shedding phase, should I take this as an indication that these hair follicles didn't survive the hair transplant journey/trauma (at day 0, say) and have died leaving a short hair strand just lodged in my head?

Many thanks,

Nylonhair 

Hi,

Do the hairs (that are part of an implanted FUE graft) grow before they shed around 3/4 weeks?

I had a HT 2 weeks ago and I would like to know if this can be a way to determine whether some hair roots implanted have survived the transplant journey to the recipient area. I was told I had weak roots so I am concerned if/how many of the roots survived (and how many have died forever).

I can see some little implanted hairs which I suspect have not grown since the graft was implanted.

Many thanks,

Nylonhair

Hi,

Are there any recommendations on when to do PRP with a hair transplant? Is it best to do it on the same day as the transplant, a week after or 4 weeks after?

I had my transplant performed 5 days ago and on the day I was told by my surgeon to wait 4 weeks post op to have a first session of PRP. 

Thank you,

Nylonhair

Hi ASeda, nice pictures. Looks like you are definitely getting more hair growth. Donor area has also grown back well.

Have you got any updated pictures to share?

Thanks,

Nylonhair

Hi ASeda, have you got an update to share for the last 30 days? Are you seeing further growth?

I am planning to have my hair transplant with the same surgeon at Longevita so I'm very interested in how you are getting on.

Thank you,

Nylonhair