What age is the best to get a FUE Hair Transplant? How young or old can a person be?
September 23, 2014
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A person is in their mid-20s and starting to bald (!!!). How early should they start thinking about FUE hair transplants? Also, is there a certain point when they just too old to get FUE hair transplants? Is there a certain point in life (too young, too old, or both) where FUE hair transplants just won't be effective?
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Doctors in the hair transplant field initially failed to perform the FUE procedure with good results, consistency, efficiency and with minimal transection damage to the grafts, so results were generally poor despite proclamations by many doctors to the contrary in the years prior to 2009. The...
In regards to typical recovery, patients will vary in terms of how long it takes them to recover from their hair transplant procedures. In general, most people need three to four days in order to heal. After that, they may get on with their lives and resume their typical daily activities.
After...
After a month following FUE, you should see nothing, no value of the hair transplant which shoudl not show up until 6-7 months after the procedure. You should be completely normal at 2 weeks and have full activities. You should look like you did before the hair transplant at 2 weeks. See the 10...
