RSS FeedDo Hair Transplants Damage Existing Hair? What About My Appearance?Posted by doctorwong on October 9th, 2009
I have lost hair over a period of 20 years. I want to add density to my crown by placing the grafts in between natural hair. Will this damage the existing hair? Post the scar healing period of 3 weeks, will the transplant be
obvious and visible to others? When the transplant shoots start growing after 3 months, will the difference between natural hair and transplanted hair be noticeable? Is the size of the acne big enough to give away the fact that you had a transplant? When can you take your cap off and still look the same old you?
— S.
Clinics that don’t precisely trim grafts, that do not use custom cut blades, or require shaving the recipient site, do run the risk of damaging surrounding (native) hair. There is virtually no risk at Hasson & Wong because transection of existing hair is eliminated by the use of ultra-refined follicular units and custom cut blades made to match the depth of grafts. We shave the recipient area . This allows us to read the exact angle and direction of existing hair and provides a better field of vision to make incisions without causing damage to that native hair.
As for your concerns about post-op appearance: at three weeks post-op most people will have no idea that you have had a hair transplant. Your scalp may appear somewhat red, as if you have a mild sunburn, but even with short hair, any effects of transplantation (redness, acne, flaking), will be mostly obscured by your short hair. With very fair skinned patients, the redness may linger a little longer. At three to four months, the new hair will begin to grow gradually and naturally. Because the change in your appearance is gradual, it will not draw attention to you. Acne in the recipient area, if it occurs at all, will not draw any unneeded attention; nobody will associate a few pimples with a hair transplant. By three months, you’ll look like the "same old you" and your grafts will gradually grow and improve your appearance which each passing month. At 8 months, the result is quite apparent, most growth will have occurred with further growth and maturing of hair grafts between 8 and 12 months. Please see our graft growth timeline.
— Jerry Wong, MD
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