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What to Expect 6 Months After Hair Transplant?
I had a hair transplant of 2600 grafts (FUE method) Nov/08. New hair started to grow around the 3rd month (Feb). I'm now almost at the 6th month(May) after surgery, but I'm not satisfied with the results.
While new hair has grown in the frontal area of my head, in the vertex area there has been no visible growth. The new hair in the frontal area (thick, slightly curly, and dark)does not provide good coverage and there are certain frontal areas with hardly any hair. What can I expect from this point on (6 month mark)?
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GoodStudent
in Bay Area California
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What to Expect 6 Months After Hair Transplant?
I am very sorry you are unhappy with your result.
Without seeing you in person it is very hard for me to have an opinion on whether your results were normal or abnormal.
As far as additional growth goes, our patients can expect growth all the way to 12 months in some cases. However, by month 9 all the hairs are typically showing, but have to play catch up with the hair that broke through from month 3 and 4.
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6 Months Post Hair Transplant
Hair transplantation, despite method, requires patience. 6 months may seem like a long time, but you truly need to give your end results a full year before you evaluate success. Some of the grafts can remain dormant longer than others. Hang in there, 2600 grafts should yield a very nice result and good coverage.
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Expected Yield with FUE Hair Transplant
Every case is different. Three and a half to four months is typically when FUE begins to yield new growth. Being at only 6 months, your grafts are still relatively young--it is not time yet to panic. Most patients see the lot of their hair come in by 12 months post-surgery. And new hair will continue to fill out and mature for up to 18 months.
Word to the wise, since the grafts are extracted individually with FUE, careful selection of surgeon is paramount. An advanced FUE surgeon will...
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What to expect within the first six months of Hair Transplant
At six months you should see most of the hair growing and certainly by eight months. If there's not much growth the orginal grafts may have not had healthy follicles.
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What to expect 6 months after a hair transplant?
Each patient is unique, but most patients have most of the hair growth by the first year. At 6 months we traditionally have between 60 and 70 percent of the transplanted hairs growing. When using the FUE, follicular unit extraction technique, I have noticed that many of the grafts (30-50%) stay and continue to grow immediately after transplantation.
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Hair Transplant Expectations
Some areas can take a little longer to grow out, however it sounds like not all your FUE grafts were viable. It also sounds like either you did not have enough grafts placed initially or the pattern was poorly designed. At six months the pattern you see is probably the result you will have. Hair growth (lenght) will continue but the likelihood of new hair sprouting up from bald areas is becoming more and more...... unlikely. At this point there is nothing to do but come in for a...
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Hair growth after hair transplants.
Normally you would be seeing hair growth in all areas that were grafter. If none is seen after 6 more months I would advise a second opinion.
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Results after 6 months from hair transplant
Although transplanted hair typically starts to grow by 3 months there can be continued growth and thickening up to 12 months after surgery. For this reason, though a 6 month followup visit is a helpful indication of your growth, it is not the "final" result. For this reason, I ask my patients to follow up at 6 months and 1 year. By 1 year you should have a good idea of your "final" result.
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Hair transplant surgery results take at least 6 months
Patience is indeed a virtue. I counsel patients that at about 3 months you can get an idea of what things will look like, at 6 months you should be able to tell if additional transplants are necessary, but the absolute best results may not be visible for 9-12 months after the initial transplant. It all comes down to the much talked about hair cycle. Some hairs will start to grow early, some may take a bit longer. If you are concerned though - talk with your surgeon.
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Hair Transplant growth Takes 12 to 18 Months
Grafts grow at varying rates and depends on what stage of the hair cycle they are in. Some patients I have experience tremendous growth at 3 months. Some I have to wait until a year that goes by before I see anything. Most start having appreciable changes starting at 6 months and continue to improve toward a year with slight improvements further to 18 months.
A few patients paradoxically dip at 12 months. A few dip early at 3 or 6 months. In other words there is variability. Also, most...
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