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I'm 4 months post eyebrow transplant. Some hairs are randomly growing in and some falling out. Is it normal?

mattyfJun 19, 2015
Hi I'm 4 months post op from my eyebrow transplant, and they r starting to grow in now. However some grow in and stay and seem to fall out easily than grow back again. Seems to be all over the place. Is it normal for some of them to grow in fine and fall out then regrow back in? Is there several hair cycles before they r final and matured?

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