Five Months after Surgery

Hello, its almost 5 months now post my HT. The implanted hairs are stubborn i.e. they do not  grow at faster rate. So I am also stubborn. I am not having haircut even though it looks uneven on the head :)

There is not much difference between forth month and fifth month results. When I look at the hairs closely, I get disappointed as they do not look very dense. But that is what I was told to expect after 4-5 months.

In below photo, take a closer look at the hairs. You can magnify and see. Its a collage for left, right and top view. As you can see below, there are smaller gaps in hairs. They have not grown equally at all places. In fact you can see some small bald patches. Upon checking very carefully, you can see tiny hairs growing in the bald patches. But they seem to be not enough to cover up the area fully. This is  a thing to worry for me. I haven't discussed it with my doctor yet. But I am keeping fingers crossed that probably the hairs from front and back side would cover up these patches in 2-3 months. And also the smaller growing hairs would complement that when they grow fully. But if you are planning for transplant, do confirm this with the doctor. Basically if you see my photos from older posts, you can observe that these patch areas are not filled with very high density during HT. So probably its done on purpose by the doctor. Anyway, since my HT is done already, I can only wait for the results. But you should confirm it with the doctor.

At this stage, I think if I get a hair trimming of 5 mm all over, it would look good as transplanted part has hairs of that length. But I wont have it. I would wait for further growth. 

Here is the side view:

I apply the minoxidil daily twice. They have suggested it for 6 months. One side effect of that is the itching on head. But now I am used to it :) I also apply hair oil once a week to avoid drying of skin.

Though I am religiously following all the precautions suggested post surgery, I would expect some follow up calls from the doctor. But unfortunately it never happened. If you are planning for surgery, do ask about it to the doctor because when you pay such a huge amount, you should get good response till the 1 year incubation period is over for results.

Anyway, all the best if you are planning surgery soon. Happy hair-care and hair growth!!!

Four Months after Surgery

I was operated in August 2015 end.  Now it's been 4 months post surgery. Though not very considerable, but I can see some change now.

                                                  

I decided not to have haircut. Just trimming the overgrown hairs on the side near ears. This is to understand how long the transplanted hairs will grow. One thing is clear - either you keep trimming all hairs to smaller length so that the difference is not visible as the transplanted hairs grow slower than hairs on other part of the head. Or else you can leave them as they are if you can manage the answers to questions your friends will ask about the difference :). I chose the second option from this month. With second option, the scar is not visible. But you can decide as per your case.

Before surgery, I read somewhere that the transplant pains in very cold weather. But that's not correct. I am in Canada now with extreme weather upto -30 degrees but I can hardly feel it on my transplant.

One more observation is that I still have transplanted hairs. Not all of them had fallen. So they have grown to good length now. I also see many new hairs coming up slowly. They are thicker but still very small. So if I check from top view, I see some patches of baldness. It looks like the first layer of single stranded hairs have not fallen so grown long but the double and triple stranded hairs had fallen so growing slow.

I still have 8 more months to go before I can be happy or I can complain as it takes 1 year to see the full growth. 

Three Months after Surgery

I am a bit delayed while posting the results after 3 months.  I have temporarily shifted to Canada and the delay was due to travelling etc.

Here are my results after 3 months.

I have just started seeing a visual difference from front side though the density of hairs is still low.
I spoke to the doctor and they said that the growth will happen. It will take around 6 months to see it prominently.

I see the hair line clearly but some areas before hair line have lesser growth.
The Minoxidil is still applied everyday twice.

I had haircut before travelling because otherwise the hairs in non transplanted area were growing faster than transplanted hairs and so the look was weird. Imagine long hairs on backside and short hairs on front side. To avoid this, I had hair cut with 7 MM hairs all over. With this length, the approximate scar was still visible. I think the visibility of scar is totally dependent on density of hairs on back side. So the length  to be kept should vary individual by individual.

One side effect of hair transplant which no doctor told me is that whenever you sneeze, you get a sensation in each transplanted hair. Its a feeling of a wound there. I still get it but may be because its not very long  since I had HT. This sensation also comes in the scar. I will speak to the doctor if I continue getting it after 6 months. Though its not painful, its just a sensation, but better to be aware about it.


Do let me know if you have questions or doubts. Till then I will keep posting.

Two Months after Surgery

Its 2 months now since I had my hair transplant. I can see the progress. Almost 30-40% of the transplanted hairs did not fall at all. So they have grown like normal hairs with considerable length. I can also see some of the new hairs coming up. 

The new hairs are darker and thinker than hairs which did not fall down. Though hair growth has started, its not yet to considerable level so still there is no change in look so far. In my friend circle, no one is able to understand that I had hair transplant. 

But as told by the doctor, it will take around 6 months for the complete hair growth. So I am not yet worried. 

The skin in the transplanted area still itches. I spoke to the doctor and he said I can sometimes apply oil during night. The dryness causes the itching and oil will remove the dryness. 

Compare the photos in Before Transplant post with current post. The difference is visible.
The hair line can not be identified yet as I cant see new hair growth in hair line area still. So keeping my fingers crossed to see the progress in next months.

Thanks for reading.

One Month after Surgery - Having Hair Cut

Today I had my hair cut first time after the transplant. I was advised not to have it before at least 1 month after surgery.

The hair length chosen was 7 mm. Unfortunately its not enough to hide the scar.  So you should keep more length to hide it. 

I visited the doctor to show him the progress. The Star doctors do not put in more time to check after the surgery is over. My expectation was he should see and give more advice on hair care etc.  But it didn't happen.

There has minor growth in the implanted hairs. Not all of them have fallen so far. Some of them have grown to considerable length. There are still some hard parts on the head but it will go soon. See below the current picture of the transplanted area.

Do let me know if you are planning for transplant and have any doubts. I will be happy to help.