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It sounds like you may be experiencing donor area telogen effluvium or "shock loss", a temporary hair loss caused by the trauma of surgery. This doesn't happen in every patient, but it's certainly not considered abnormal. In most cases, this hair loss is temporary and shocked hair will begin to grow back around...
Transplanted hair only typically starts to grow between 3 to 5 months after the hair transplant procedure. New hair typically starts growing fine and colorless and slowly thickens, darkens, and matures over time. Your new hair will also start to grow at different times at not all at once. This process of maturation takes up to a year which is why reserving...
There's a possibility that you have some kind of scalp infection (seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema, folliculitis, etc.) that could be the underlying problem for the scalp inflammation. Alternatively, scalp itchiness can be a sign of new transplanted hair growth yet to come. The actual action of scratching your scalp itself might be causing the redness and inflammation. The good news is...
This topic has been discussed several times on our hair restoration forum. Whereas some have conjectured situations where it may be possible we have not seen or heard about a a case yet where health insurance covered their hair transplant surgery. Surgical hair restoration is an elective...
Graftcyte is rich in copper peptides and may help as a healing agent the first few weeks after a hair transplant. However, it is not required for proper healing nor will it have any effect on transplanted hair growth, positive or negative. If you'd rather save yourself the expense, contact your doctor and...
Postoperative numbness after a hair transplant may only last a few days or could take several months or even up to a year to dissipate. In my personal experience, any numbness only lasted a few days for my first two hair restoration procedures...
Though the transplanted hair is permanently set in place by 10 to 14 days, the recipient area will remain a bit sensitive as its healing. You will be safe at 3 weeks using a warm or hot setting as long as you don't linger in an area too long to burn the scalp. To this day though, I still use...
Damage done to the scalp during hair transplant surgery such as pitting or cobblestoning cannot be undone. However, hair transplant repair options exist that might improve your appearance by camouflaging any "pitting" (which you referred to as dents) or old hair plugs. Hair transplant repair is...
3.5 months after a hair transplant is extremely early in the game. Most patients only start to experience new hair growth between 3 to 5 months. Understand that transplanted hair typically starts growing thin, fine, and colorless, invisible to the naked eye, but can be felt...
Hair transplant postoperative redness can last a couple weeks up to a few months in some patients, especially those with fair skin. Postoperative scalp redness however, does not have to dissipate for you to be able to go back to the gym. You can resume some physical activity 10-14 days after hair restoration surgery such as...
Physical activity after hair transplant surgery, including sex, is a very relevant concern to be addressed by your hair transplant surgeon. Read this article and discern whether or not sex immediately after hair restoration surgery is wise.
Firstly, try not to overstress yourself. 7 months after hair restoration surgery is too soon to evaluate the final result. Many patients start to see significant hair growth at this point, but the hair has a lot of...
The first two weeks after a hair replacement surgery are critical in terms of healing and securing of the follicular unit grafts in the scalp. Anytime after that, you are safe to brush your hair...
Firstly, don't panic. Though sunburn on a freshly transplanted scalp could be treacherous, at one month after surgery, the follicles are alive and well underneath the scalp. Patients are advised to keep their scalp away from the sun for the first several months because...
The results from hair transplant surgery are a gradual process. When hairs start to grow, they poke through the skin as thin, fine, and colorless, not visible to the naked eye but can be felt with the fingertips. 6 months is really way too early to make...
You are definitely not the first person to bump your head only a few days after hair transplant surgery. But since you haven't seen any bleeding and all the grafts appear to be in tact, I am quite sure that you...
Many hair transplant patients have found benefit in taking MSM after hair restoration surgery as it is said to help hair (and nails) grow stronger and healthier. However, it is a misconception to think that...
Scabbing for the first few weeks to a month after hair transplant surgery is normal as scabbing is a sign of healing. However, if this scab has been lingering for 3 or 4 months, be sure to...
Hair Restoration Forum member "Rahal Experience" just had undergone hair transplant surgery with Dr. Rahal of Ontario, Canada. He has also created a hair loss blog in order to document his detailed experience and hair transplant photos with us
There are a number of herbal supplements out there that claim to work as a hair loss treatment. Whereas there is no question that marketing is over-reaching at best in order to sell a product, the real question for any hair loss sufferer is: will this product help combat hair loss or is there any chance that it will regrow hair? PABA is typically known as the hair color vitamin. This is a non-protein amino acid, sometimes referred to as Vitamin Bx (depsite the fact that it is not really a vitamin), that is widely available in nature...
Xandrox is a hair loss treatment marketed by Dr. Lee, a hair loss physician and is applied topically to the scalp. It’s “active” ingredients are a combination of minoxodil (same active ingredient in Rogaine) and Azelaic Acid. Does this treatment work to combat hair loss? Read more...
This past weekend Dr. David Seager passed away after fighting to survive cancer. Although I did not know him well personally, his reputation as a truly innovative hair transplant pioneer is well known within the hair restoration world.