Does late shedding correspond to late growth?

[cool525]

I'v been carefully watching but didn't experience shedding for first 3 weeks. However today was the first day that I noticed hair falling and I could as well see the grafted hairs starting to lay down over scalp (sign of shedding to come). In my estimate, I will complete hair to shed by weeks 5 (and more probably week 6).

 

Theoretically I would say the sooner you shed the hair the more they get a chance to grow early. Does this theory hold in practice?

[MrJobi]

Hi

 

At the end of the day, it takes 12-16 months for the "new" hair to grow in . No sense in "splitting hairs" to determine how quick or slow the new grafts will appear.

 

Relax and enjoy the ride

[cool525]

What. That has to be a first, 12-16 months to grow new hair ... and I dont think anyone would enjoy That!!! For all purposes, I believe it is 3-7 months to see new hair growth.

 

What I am asking is about a "correlation", whether it has been studied between late-shedding and the new hair-growth periods. As well, I think collecting such data - you never discount, could provide some anatomy and advances in hair-care.

 

Hi

 

At the end of the day, it takes 12-16 months for the "new" hair to grow in . No sense in "splitting hairs" to determine how quick or slow the new grafts will appear.

 

Relax and enjoy the ride

[MrJobi]

Hello

 

My bad, let me clarify: " 12-16 months" for a final result regarding growth. I am not sure of your question, a valid one. My point is , does it really matter if it takes a year or so from your date of transplant to see the final result.

[cool525]

Off course it does. When you educate yourself, as well you study about something on which you have made a sacrifice (i.e. your decision to do a HT), it is an important subject I would say, and it is something that you would enjoy knowing about and forming/finding out correlations such as these.

 

Hello

 

My bad, let me clarify: " 12-16 months" for a final result regarding growth. I am not sure of your question, a valid one. My point is , does it really matter if it takes a year or so from your date of transplant to see the final result.

[MrJobi]

Agreed, but you can drive yourself crazy analyzing to much sometimes ( been there done that). The hardest part of the transplant itself is the "waiting."

 

After my first I just try to forget and enjoy the ride!

[gasto]

MrJobi, I see you have 3 FUT and one FUE, why did you change to FUE at the 4th hair transplant?

[MrJobi]

Last one was just to fill in the crown a little bit . No need to get FUT for this small procedure. At this point, my hair is looking damn good so it's just icing on the cake

[gasto]

Last one was just to fill in the crown a little bit . No need to get FUT for this small procedure. At this point, my hair is looking damn good so it's just icing on the cake

 

I've heard that for receding hairline young patients, FUE is better suited because it is a minor procedure, but I've heard that FUT has greater yields. Is it possible to use FUT for a receding hairline (Norwood 2)?

[MrJobi]

Not sure how old you are? I always advise to explore Finasteride first (to stabilize hairloss). FUT is less expensive and easier to get a higher yield.

 

There are many different combinations to acheive a good result. It really depends on a host of factors: Money, time, amount of hairloss and personal goals.

[gasto]

I am 28. Thanks for the advice. Combing my hair helps cover the receding sidelines. But because of the side-effects of finasteride I take .25 mg every three days, minoxidil 5% and biotin shampoo and tablets.

[mattj]

Personally I don't believe there is any correlation. The difference in shedding onset you're talking about is small (you're talking days really) and the variation in the time it takes for the grafts to grow and the result to take shape varies by a greater amount of time. I just don't see any pattern of correlation.

 

Plus, the perception of how quickly the grafts are being shed can depend somewhat on how a patient is treating their recipient area. More aggressive washing taking place sooner will dislodge the hairs faster than if you leave the area alone.

 

By the way, I think your estimation of how long it'll take to complete the shed will probably not be correct. Usually, once the shedding has begun, a patient will notice it all happens quickly from then on.

[bonkerstonker]

Interesting question. For me lately i've been thinking that late shedding is the best because quite simply if it grows straight off it's clearly had less of a bumpy journey and could be stronger in the long run i also believe that the hairs that shock out within a few days of surgery seem to take 3-4 months to grow back a lot like healthy hairs do during the telogen phase.

 

It's also my assumption from watching and following peoples growth progress that if your new ht hairs stay in longer lets say for a month or two then the head doesn't seem to go through a really bad ugly duckling phase which must mean that the ht hairs that do drop out do so spread out over a longer period separately and grow back almost straight away.

 

This is just my theory but for my next ht i'm planning not to wash my head as much and to keep my ht hairs in my scalp for as long as i can which means a very softly softly approach as opposed to washing the scabs off after 5 days.

 

My first op was a 800 fue session in my crown done by a butcher in the uk, the surgeon didn't even give me any post op instructions so i applied my own common sense which was to be conservative which meant i didn't wash my head once for over 2 full weeks after the op, i also never removed the scabs but they came off them selves naturally when i started washing around 3 weeks. The hairs during that op grew like you wouldn't believe and i was over the moon with the growth considering it was fue, in the crown, and done by a butcher.