The timeframe for seeing full results after a hair transplant is one year. During this year, hair gradually grows, grows, and achieves a natural appearance.
The stages of hair regaining its natural appearance after a hair transplant can be detailed as follows:
⁃ Scab shedding: During the first ten days after the hair transplant, crusts form in the transplanted area as the channels opened to accommodate the hair follicles heal. These crusts fall off with a gentle massage around the 10th and 12th day, leaving the hair with a short, cropped appearance.
⁃ Shock shedding: The resulting sparse, or even untreated, appearance in the transplanted area due to the hair follicles breaking off as the channels close after the scab shedding.
⁃ Growth process: After shock shedding, hair begins to grow gradually. This growth may appear irregular at first, and not all transplanted follicles may grow at the same time. This is part of the natural process.
It is safe to say that the hair will reach its closest natural appearance after a hair transplant around the 4th and 5th months after the procedure. During these months, the transplanted hair will have grown an average of 50%, and the person will have achieved a full head of hair. Hair will continue to grow for the remaining 7-8 months, and as mentioned earlier, by the end of the first year, the recipient will have achieved a natural, beautiful, and hair-covered appearance.
The most important factor in achieving a natural look after a hair transplant is having it done in the right location, at the right angle, and by a specialized team. A transplant performed at an angle of approximately 45 degrees, in line with the natural growth angle of existing hair, will yield the most natural results.
