2 weeks after having 5500 graft FUE hair transplant, my hair seems spaced out. Is it bad to judge how I will look? (Photo)

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Hello I Had fue in turkey 2 weeks ago and I had 5,500 graphs. After two weeks I'm looking at my hair and can see scalp a lot and seems lots of gaps. Unsure if any has fallen as hard to tell. I'm looking at it thinking is this the amount of coverage I will have on my head in 12 months.The 5500 covered the top of my head as you can see by photos but looking at it now I feel I may need another one. will the hair ontop be thicker and be a lot more of it in 12 months with less gaps?

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

It can take 6 to 12 months after surgery to see results.  If you are concerned it is best to contact your doctor.  It is too early to judge at this point.

Sean Behnam, MD · Answer

5,500 grafts is a lot of grafts. The question is, whether all of them will survive and will give the look that you want by 12 months. However, this is still very early to determine that. Typically, by one month they should all fallout and restart to regrow after few months. One thing you could do to accelerate that is to take a special whey protein concentrate and multivitamin. However, at this point I would not another hair transplant until 10 to 12 months after to see how much of it has grown

Baubac Hayatdavoudi, MD · Answer

It is much too early to judge at the two week mark. Continue to follow your doctors post op care instructions and take care of your head.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

At 2 weeks, you really can not tell much about what you are going to get. What I see look fine once the crusts are off

2 weeks after having 5500 graft FUE hair transplant, my hair seems spaced out. Is it bad to judge how I will look? (Photo)

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