I had hair transplant on the 24 december 2015 and I started taking concerta (medicine for ADHD) 18 mg daily just a week ago. I'm worried that my transplanted hair will fall due to the side effect, is there any way to prevent this?
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April 21, 2016
Answer: It is best to contact your doctor on medication issues. Your doctor needs to know what medications you are on.
At 7 months you are still on the early side of your full results. By 6 months one should expect only about 1- 1/2 inches of new hair growth and it will be finer in nature than your full results. I know it is difficult being patient but that is what it takes at this point. There is nothing yo...
..dan,Thanks for the question. The early growth is nice, but should be accelerating in the next month or two. Most patients develop scalp irritation and itching with minoxidil use, I like to have a compounded formulation of minoxidil, retinoid acid and hydrocortisone. This increases the...
To be quoted 1500 to 3200 graft seem, as you put it "insane". Maybe you would need that many grafts over several surgeries to match your original hair density. You cannot fit 1500 graft physically in such a small area. If you can imagine that each graft is the size of a rice grain.
