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When do transplanted hairs fall out?

duffman

duffman

Valued member
When did everyones transplanted hairs fall out post surgery? Did anyone here retain any hairs?
 
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mani

Member
It's usually ten to fourteen days for the hairs to shed, on rare occasions some patients can experience the hairs not to shed.
 
garageland

garageland

Valued member
It does vary but usually it is between 2-4 weeks, there will be occasions when some of the transplanted hair does stay. I would say I retained a small proportion of hair from my last transplant but as for how much is so difficult to say.

In experience most patients are too gentle when washing the recipient area which is why their hairs are hanging around longer than others.
 
Hattingen Hair

Hattingen Hair

Valued member
garageland wrote:
It does vary but usually it is between 2-4 weeks, there will be occasions when some of the transplanted hair does stay. I would say I retained a small proportion of hair from my last transplant but as for how much is so difficult to say.

In experience most patients are too gentle when washing the recipient area which is why their hairs are hanging around longer than others.

garageland gives good answers.

In general the hair planted almost all falls out within the first weeks, up to a month after your operation; sometimes it is a case it seems it will stay and then around 30 days post op, Vamos! it goes. This is a normal action and to be expected if not wanted.

Like any operation there is a reaction for an organ being transferred to another part of the body, even when a short period of time out of the head the follicular units needs a time to embed in the new area, then there is the different stages of growth to consider, such as anagen, telegon, catagen stages when the FU was extracted.

Also as garageland said, post op care is very important; it is obvious that many are reluctant to clean the grafted area, nervous a little; but this is important. Every clinic will give you guidelines as to their protocols and you should follow as it is them you have given your trust to. But it is important to wash the areas, donor and recipient to aid the healing process and get through the early stages of healing as best as you can.
 
Bigmac

Bigmac

Administrator
Staff member
There is a patient on the following thread who is at 4 weeks post op, he has not shed yet, maybe follow his updates.http://www.hairlossexperiences.com/view_topic.php?id=4638&forum_id=3
Ten days to approximately four weeks is the usual time frame.
 
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