How long does it take to grow hair

For those who have hair loss symptoms, hair transplantation is a good solution to transplant healthy hair follicles that grow permanently in the back of the occipital area to the hairless frontal area or the top of the head, so that the hair continues to grow and no longer bald, those who are interested in this may ask: How long does it take to grow hair?

How long does it take to grow hair?

Hair transplantation is a minimally invasive surgery, the operation time is mainly related to the degree of hair loss and the technique of hair transplantation, generally takes 2-6 hours, after the operation can go home, no hospitalization, and will not affect the normal work, study.

What are the steps of hair transplantation?

Hair line design

The first step is to design the overall hair line of the patient. Once the hair line is designed, the hair style of the transplanted area can be further designed. Once the design is completed, the density of the hair can be measured with an instrument in the back of the occipital area where the hair was taken, and the area to be extracted can be calculated.

Hair follicle extraction and separation

Under local anesthesia, the desired number of hair follicles is extracted using a specialized instrument. The extracted hair follicles are sent to the hair follicle growing room for growing and separation. The separation process is carried out by 6-7 professionals and it takes 2-3 hours to check the nature and quality of the hair follicles. During this time, the patient can take a nap in the lounge, watch TV or surf the Internet, or eat a small amount of food.

Transplantation in units of hair follicles

Once 80% of the hair follicles have been isolated, the patient is ready to undergo the transplantation procedure in units of hair follicles under local anesthesia. The transplantation procedure is usually long. The patient will not feel any pain during the procedure.

Post-operative care

The hair can be rinsed with cool boiled water 24 hours after the surgery and can be washed normally on the 4th day.

How long does it take to see the effect of hair transplantation

It will vary depending on individual hair growth. Generally, new hair growth begins 10 to 20 weeks after surgery, and not all hair starts to grow at the same time, even if the same piece of free scalp has asynchronous hair growth. Although new hair growth starts after about 3 months, it takes 6 months to know more exactly how the results will be, and 9 months to see the final results of hair transplantation when 90% of the implanted follicles have grown new hair.

How long does hair transplantation last?

Hair transplantation can last for many years if the procedure is successful. Hair loss in middle-aged men is usually caused by inherent factors such as genetics, aging, androgenic changes. Hair transplantation uses healthy hair follicles from the back of the head, which are not affected by androgenic changes and can last for many years, theoretically forever.

Will hair fall out after hair transplantation?

Hair transplantation does not mean that the hair will never fall out, it will still fall out. Normal hair follicles maintain a "grow-shed" metabolic cycle, but the hair follicles themselves are undamaged, and the implanted hair follicles also form a normal "grow-shed" metabolic cycle, so occasionally a few hairs may fall out in the area where the hair was implanted. After the hair transplant, the hair in the non-implanted area will continue to fall out due to age, endocrine and genetic influences, regardless of whether hair transplantation is performed.