how long until my hair grows

drcole

this is the most common question we get.

hair transplantation results in truama to the hair follicles when they are removed from the donor region. this temporarily sends the follicles into a state of shock. the cells responsible for making a hair shaft cease to produce hair. the hair and the matrix rise up into the mid-dermis. the hairs seem to be growing for a few weeks, but then most of them stop growing.

about 10% remain in the growing phase from the first day. the remaining 90% go into a resting phase. you will see about 10% each month after the procedure return to the growing phase. this means that at the 2nd month about 20% are growing, the 3rd month about 30% are growing, the 4th month 40% are growing, the 5th month 50%, the 6th month 60%, the 7th month 70%, the 8th month about 80%. many feel that you will see up to 100% growth. this probably is not accurate. i would estimate that at any given time no more than 80 to 90% are in a growing phase. the rest either fail to grow or they are in a resting phase.

one of the things we are most concerned with today is an effort to maximize growth by stimulating a persistent anagen. we are working on this by using anti-oxidants to reduce the oxidation cascade in hopes that we can stimulate persistent anagen. thus far we have also tried minimizing time out of body to stimulate anagen. the anti-oxidants we have tried to date have not stimulated persistent anagen and time out of body does not stimulate it either. we will soon add addtiional antioxidants to our graft storage solution to stimulate persistent anagen. we feel this will add a tremendous amount to the potential hair yeild, as well as faster hair regrowth following hair transplantation.