Why does transplanted hair take so long to grow?

[OttawaJay]

I read on another message that it'll take 12-18 months before you get the full effect of a hair transplant. Why does it take that long for these newly transplanted hairs to get their act together? The rest of my hair will have grown several inches by then.

[Bandito]

The hairs will be longer in the six months and you can make it nice with the style of the native hairs. It is not take 12-18 months. If it is then noone will have the interventions, hahahaha!

[michaeljames]

I read on another message that it'll take 12-18 months before you get the full effect of a hair transplant. Why does it take that long for these newly transplanted hairs to get their act together? The rest of my hair will have grown several inches by then.

 

As the bodies healing integration of the transplanted grafts simply takes time and has a slight variances from person to person. Once your hair grafts have been "transplanted" it will take three to five months for them to produce hair. Immediately following the surgery you will have a number of tiny scabs from the incisions, which make many people uncomfortable going outdoors in the days following the surgery. Most scabs fall away in about seven days.

 

Remember hair only grows approximately 1cm or a little under ? inch per month. After the initial post surgical adjustment period the transplanted hair will grow about the same rate as the donor hair.

 

Initially hair quality is thinner like baby hair. Overtime it begins to take on the characteristics of your non-transplanted mature scalp hair. Sometimes your new hair is curlier, then it straightens in about one year. The color of the initial hair may also be darker and later will be lightened by the sun.

 

Remember, hair grafts have many benefits. They are permanent in nearly all cases, and the actual recovery time from the surgery is quite low as the only post surgery problems are mild soreness and scabbing. However, it will take some patience as you wait for your "new" hair to come in.

 

Hope this helps, All the Best, Michael

[Icecreamman]

. However, it will take some patience as you wait for your "new" hair to come in.

 

Hope this helps, All the Best, Michael

 

being 3 months post op, im beginning to realize this is the hardest part of the ht process. far and away, lol!

[hair1978]

Waiting for hair to come out is one of the worse part about getting a transplant, especially if you are impatient. But the benefit of hair growing so slowly is that your co-workers, friends, and even your closest family members will not know you had anything done. Once you past the 3 month mark, it's all uphill from here.