How long does my hair need to be to be transplanted?

This depends on whether you are speaking of the donor or the recipient area and whether you are electing to have a transplant by FUE or FUT.  With regards to the donor area for FUE procedure the hair will need to be buzzed very short.  If you are having an FUT procedure the hair will need to be kept about and inch and a half long.  The recipient area can generally be kept at any length. 

There is no hair length requirement for having a hair transplant surgery.  If you are having a FUE donor hair harvesting, your donor hair needs to be 2 to 3 mm in length.

For a strip graft, it doesn't matter.  For FUE, you want at least 1mm of hair.  If you currently shave, let it grow for a couple of weeks and go see a hair transplant surgeon in your area for recommendations.  Good luck!

Usually between 2-3 mm in length. Some surgeons shave the area.Hope this helps,Dr. Gus Diaz

To do a strip harvest procedure the hair would require to be at least an inch in length. For FUE procedure the length of the hair does not matter, but oftentimes the surgeon will shave the donor area to facilitate extraction. I hope this information helps.

I assume you are asking to understand how long the hair in the back should be before an FUT procedure.  In this case about an inch is long enough to cover the sutured area.  If you are trying to camouflage FUE, where a greater area tends to be shaven, then you have two options which you can discuss with your surgeon. Option one is to shave a large box area in the back of the head only to the height that your hair can cover.  Option two is to shave linear areas about 1/2 inch high and allow the hair to "shingle" over each area.  This approach requires more preparation and can sometimes slow down the extraction process leading to less yield, but it will allow you to have FUE with shorter hair. You can also consider long hair FUE but this can be much slower than standard FUE meaning more cost for less hair in general. 

There is no rule.  At our clinic with work with any length. However it is easier for the surgeon to work in the recipient and donor areas if the hair is cut shorter in length. 

There is no length required. I generally tell patients to keep it long to use for styling to cover the hair transplant for the first few days.