Hair transplant: I am using nicotine patches which are helping me not to smoke.

The growth from body hair should be the same as scalp hair but only at a 50% rate as 50% of body hairs are in telogen at any one time. This is a reality forever for these transplants.  Many doctors are not skilled in body hair transplants so growth may not always be as good anyway. 

Hello, Washing your hair after a hair transplantation is an important step for restoration.  We usually have our patients start spraying hair with lactated ringers with liposomal ATP as well as other growth factors twice a day to help your hair process start ASAP.  Actual hair washing usually ta...

You have classic donor site depletion resulting from over-harvesting the grafts for your donor density. The surgeon who did not did not know what he/she was doing and clearly pushed your donor area well beyond what the blood supply could support and probably what your original density was. Make ...

At the 8th month I would expect to see over 80% of the final hair growth to styling length so if You are not happy, go back and see your doctor

This is a complicated question. As I see it, the answer depends on your age, your family history, the extent of your present hair loss, what steps you plan to take to prevent (as much as possible) ongoing hair loss, and what you mean by “going bald”. I'd also be interested to know what you mean ...

If swelling returns one months after your hair transplant, I would recommend that you return to see your doctor, get examined and that will tell him what caused the swelling which is clearly not normal