Hello doctors, I had two FUT (strip) hair transplants (NOT plugs or minigrafts): June 2014 and July 2015. I am now 3 weeks post-op from my second surgery. The first surgery left me with a disfigured scalp, with a lot of pitting and large areas of cobblestoning. Redness lasted for ABOUT 8-9 months before subsiding. The rough skin never improved. The yield was very poor: only about 20% of the transplanted hair grew. Will my scalp improve (i.e. skin texture become less rough) over time?
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It is not unusual for hair to initially grow back thin after chemotherapy so it is best to give your hair at least a year to recover. After that it will depend on the quality of the donor hair you are planning to transfer. If the hair is still thin, scalp stimulation with...
You should ask your dad, brothers and grandfathers when their beards showed up. Best if you wait this out as there is really nothing that can be done to accelerate your normal beard growth process as you get older.
As the other physicians have mentioned, it is far too early to tell if you have any pitting from your transplant. It is best to wait until you experience regrowth of the transplanted areas which will likely start to occur in 4-6 months.
