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If Transplanted Hair in the Scalp Doesn't Grow, is the Hair Dead or Maybe Packed Too Closely to Grow?
If Transplanted Hair in the Scalp Doesn't Grow, is the Hair Dead or Maybe Packed Too Closely to Grow?
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watson01
in Milwaukee, WI
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Hair Growth after Transplant
In most cases 90% or more of transplanted hair should grow. There is the rare case, however, for some unknown reason the hair fails to grow after the transplant. Usually the cause is unknown. There is the other cause that the original grafts when they were cut didn't contain the critical units for successful implantation.
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Growth After Hair Transplant
This depends on a few factors, including what type of procedure you had done, what donor hairs were used, and how long it has been since your procedure. Although with experienced doctors this is rare, it can still occur sometimes if your physiology is at play. It is doubtful that an experienced surgeon would wrongly place the grafts by packing them too tightly. It is possible that some of the follicles were compromised during extraction, did not survive, and thus, will not grow. If it has...
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Hair Transplant Growth
You do not mention when your surgery was done, but normally patients see growth about 3 months after the procedure. If the grafts were placed in heathy scalp tissue the lack of growth is probably secondary to technical problems as long as you followed the post-operative instructions.
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If Transplanted Hair in the Scalp Doesn't Grow, is the Hair Dead or Maybe Packed Too Closely to Grow?
Transplanted follicles can go into shock and grow later than others transplanted. If the transplanted follicles have not grown by a year, that are unlikely to do so and may have either been damaged during the transplant or for some reason don't have adequate blood supply to grow. This happens in areas of scar tissue that don't have as good a blood supply as normal scalp. The typical yield with transolants ius qiuite high but it's isn't 100% and will...
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Hair transplants start to grow 2-3 months after surgery.
If your grafts are not growing by 6 months it is unlikely they will grow. Over packing and improper handling can do this.
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Poor growth hair transplants
If there is no growth by 6-8 months , the transplanted hair is likely lost. The cause is usually operative error. Overly dense packing could be one of these causes.
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