After 49 days post op Fue i look exactly the same before transplant?!

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My whole transplanted hair has fallen after 49 days post op FUE and i look exactly the same as when i was before the operation ..i cant even see the holes in my head it disappeared is this normal or what?

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

Your doctor explained this will happen, right?  Transplanted hairs usually falls out in days to weeks and after about a month you may look like (or worse) than prior to surgery.  It takes months to start seeing new hairs grow out.

Marco Barusco, MD · Answer

This is normal and should not be cause for alarm. Most - and sometimes almost all - of the hairs that are transplanted fall out a few days/weeks after the transplant. This is due to the fact that during a hair transplant procedure the hair follicles to be transplanted are detached from their blood supply. Once inserted into the new area where they are going to grow, these vascular connections need to be redone, and it takes time for it to happen. Hence, usually follicles will shed temporarily, to start growing back a few months later.

Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD · Answer

What you have described is normal. To review your post op  expectations, be sure to review with your surgeon what to expect from day 1-365 post transplant. In general, hairs start to fall out between day 7 and 30 and then reappear day 70-120

Rashid M. Rashid, PhD, MD · Answer

This can take up to 18 months and you must remember in medicine not everything is 100% so you do have a potential of getting no results at all.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

This is exactly what you want to happen, no infection, no deformities just hair waiting to grow below the skin which you will see in another 3-5 months. It is exciting stuff, to see the hair growing from that bald area.

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