Crown Hair Sticking Up -- Looks like a calic

[Rhino3]

I had about 1,500 grafts placed in my crown a year ago. I'm happy with the results, but my one gripe is that the transplanted hairs stick up a bit. My barber is able to use texture scissors to get it under control, but within 2 weeks it looks like I have a calic again and need to use mousse in the mornings to get it down before going back to the barber. During this time I need to check on it throughout the day and use water to pad it down pretty often.

 

I thought that maybe the hairs needed to mature and would fall naturally eventually, but now that I'm 12 months out I don't think that's the case -- the calic looks like it's here to stay.

 

Has anyone come across this before? Any advice? I'd like to get more work on the crown, but am terrified that my entire crown will be one big puffy calic!

 

Thanks!

[FUEAsianHairline]

Do you have any pictures? Is your hair normally very straight or coarse?

[TakingThePlunge]

Rhino3,

 

It can take longer than a year for the transplanted hairs to calm down and take on a more natural appearance. It's also possible that the grafts were placed at a poor angle. Pics might help.

Edited March 3, 2015 by David - Moderator

[voxman]

I don't know what a calic is but a cowlick is a section of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair that stands straight up or lies at an angle at odds with the style in which the rest of an individual's hair is worn. Cowlicks appear when the growth direction of the hair forms a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral pattern. The term "cowlick" originates from the domestic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine's habit of licking its young, which results in a swirling pattern in the hair. The most common site of a human cowlick is in the crown, but they can show up anywhere. They also sometimes appear in the front and back of the head.