Any additional ways to stimulate hair growth post FUE? (photo)

There are a lot of factors that affects the
amount of growth a patient will have after hair transplant surgery. You are
still very early in the course of your hair growth after the transplant. In my
practice, even with a lot of advanced methods and hair regenerative technology
that we employ, we still say that the full result is approximately one year
after the transplant.



When hair is grafted, whether it’s a follicular
unit extraction or strip method, it’s taking the whole hair including its root
and placing it in another place - when this happens, shock loss occurs. Shock
loss can be due to the impact of the swelling, trauma of actual surgery
resulting in shedding of the part of the hair. The shedding of the hair can
apply to both the grafts and the existing hair adjacent to them, and can result
in an area looking barer than it was prior to the transplant. Fortunately, the
root of the hair or the dermal papillae and the complex around is intact.



In our practice, one of our standard approaches
of helping minimize that transition phase has been the use of Hair Regeneration
technology which we developed. Hair Regeneration is the combination of the
wound healing material extracellular
matrix and platelet-rich plasma drawn from your own blood. With this advanced
regeneration technology, the hair grafts tend to heal a little bit faster and
the growth starts a little bit sooner. Not only are we protecting the existing
hairs from the shock loss (telogen effluvium), but the hair also becomes
thicker.



Hair transplant surgery is ultimately limited
by the donor area in terms of the number of hairs you can place. It is also
limited to the area that is being treated in terms of how fast the existing
hair is going to thin out. So when we look at somebody for a hair transplant, we
take all these into consideration and use Hair Regeneration to address these.



As far as your question is concerned, I think
it’s very important that you speak with your doctor or speak with the staff at
your doctor’s office. In our practice, we see our patients very frequently.
Understanding that even though full hair growth will not occur to its fullest
extend until about a year, it’s important that we see our patients every 3
months minimum and the door is very much open for them to come in within that
time frame. We will also do microscopic examinations and see how things are
progressing so that the patient understands that this is a natural process. Ultimately,
the success of the surgery will be determined after approximately one year.



For now, I think it’s fine that you are using
the minoxidil. There are some evidences that minoxidil topical will help
synchronize the hair growth cycles. But you should understanding that
throughout the process, there are hairs that will shed and hairs that will start
to grow in until you reach that equilibrium somewhere at the one year
point. I hope that was helpful, I wish
you the best of luck, and thank you for your question.

You will usually see hair start to grow 4-6 months after hair transplantation. At 6-8 months 60% of the hairs will be growing. At 12 months 80-90% of the result will be visible. Full results can be expected at 18 months. The following have been proved to stimulate hair growth after transplantation:PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) injectionsLow level laser (Hairmax comb or similar)Formula 82M (stronger than Rogaine)Rogaine