Telogen (Resting Phase) How long???

[O Hare 57]

Greetings:   I know the telogen phase is about 3 months under normal circumstances.  How long does it take all grafts to pop out after surgery?  I know the maturation process takes almost a year but when can you tell your not getting anymore new grafts  popping out.  Does surgical trauma cause grafts to remain dormant longer than three months.  Why would it take a graft 6 or 8 months to show itself if telogon is 3-4 months.  I cant find an explanation for this disparity anywhere.

 

thanx...

[LaserCap]

The word "sometimes" comes to mind.  There are millions of people in this earth so anything can happen. But typically, 3 months.  The issue, however, is the fact the quality of the hair is different when it first starts.  It is vellus-like.  It then takes a full year to mature.  Eventually the hair will match the characteristics of what you have in the donor, (as it is there if came from).  

Sometimes the hair can start growing from day 1.  This just means this particular patient is ahead of everyone else by 3 months.  But it means nothing.  

Sometimes it can take 12-18 months to get a matured result.  

There are many conditions out there that can have an effect on hair.

 

[Melvin- Admin]

It takes 6-8 months because because even though the new hair may sprout, it starts off as a vellus baby hair, so it’s difficult to see. Hairs like people take time to grow and mature. By 6-8 months the hairs are adolescent age, not fully grown yet, but getting there. The hair is fully grown and matured by 18 months. 

[gillenator]

I agrree...it can be very difficult to see all of the regrowth when it first commences...the hair shafts slowly build up their hair shaft diameter (caliber) but as Melvin stated, this takes time to grow and fully mature.