Why are the initial hairs post-op very thin?

[RolyPolyBird]

As the title says, 

Why are the initial hairs post-op and shed very thin?

Is there a scientific reason for it? Do they actually thicken and mature to match the rest of your native hair over time or is it just an illusion?

Edited July 15, 2023 by RolyPolyBird
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[Bhumik Shah MD]

If you plant a tree in your garden, you don’t just wake up to a fully grown tree one day. Similarly the post op hair has to go through their growth cycle and with time should thicken up to match your natural hair.  

[A_4_Archan]

6 hours ago, Bhumik Shah MD said:

If you plant a tree in your garden, you don’t just wake up to a fully grown tree one day. Similarly the post op hair has to go through their growth cycle and with time should thicken up to match your natural hair.  

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[NikosHair]

21 hours ago, RolyPolyBird said:

Why are the initial hairs post-op and shed very thin?

Do you mean the hairs that push through after the shedding phase? Those tend to be thin and translucent until they mature.

Edited July 16, 2023 by NikosHair

[RolyPolyBird]

2 hours ago, NikosHair said:

Do you mean the hairs that push through after the shedding phase? Those tend to be thin and translucent until they mature.

Yes after shedding. I have a lot of new hairs but they’re a different texture to my native hair right now and are pretty wispy at 3.5 months. 

[NikosHair]

37 minutes ago, RolyPolyBird said:

Yes after shedding. I have a lot of new hairs but they’re a different texture to my native hair right now and are pretty wispy at 3.5 months. 

That's very promising. They can emerge before 3 months, but unless you are using magnification, they won't be visible to the naked eye.

Over the next few weeks and months, they will appear as terminal hairs.

[Al - Moderator]

22 hours ago, RolyPolyBird said:

Yes after shedding. I have a lot of new hairs but they’re a different texture to my native hair right now and are pretty wispy at 3.5 months. 

 

Yes that's normal. They are brand new hairs growing in. Normally when you get a haircut you are only cutting off the ends so the hair still growing is a thick, mature hair. When you get a hair transplant, the hair falls out and a new baby hair has to start growing. It takes a year for it to fully mature.

 

 

[Henry]

Yeah but if a clinic transplanted in an area where there was a lot of minitiurized hair it could also be confusing which one is which during the early days.