The Impact of Hair Transplant on Hair Growth
Making the decision to undergo a hair transplant might be tough, and scratching your head thinking about the consequences of it is possibly harder. The biggest question in people’s minds after getting a hair transplant is “what will be the impact of hair transplant on hair growth?”
I’m here to assure you that your worries are unfounded. Recent advancements in technology have allowed us the privilege to go through medical procedures without worrying about their effects on our health. Same goes with hair transplant. If proper care is taken, you need not fret over the side-effects of this surgery. Rather, you should educate yourself completely on the subject of hair transplant before going through with it.
Here I have attempted to answer some of the doubts people may have before going through with a hair transplant. Before that, I would like to enlighten you on the natural hair cycle, so that you’re aware of how you actually get new hair.
Natural Hair Cycle
Hair grows from hair follicles found embedded within our skin. This process follows a cyclical process divided into four stages. These are anagen, catagen, telogen and exogen. The anagen phase is when your hair starts to grow from the follicle root. When this phase ends, catagen phase begins where your hair gets separated from the root. After this comes the telogen phase where your hair strand forms a club. The final phase is the exogen phase, and this is when your hair strand removes itself fully from your scalp in a process called shedding.
What Happens To This Cycle After A Hair Transplant?
The short answer is: nothing at all. This cycle carries on as normal, and it’s also a complete fallacy that your existing hair will get damaged too. A hair transplant will only have a temporary effect on a few hairs around the site of the surgery.
The surgery involves the extraction of hair follicles from the donor site and grafting it to the recipient site on the scalp. Consequently, the length of your hairs reduces and the hairs around the recipient site fall out. Only fully grow hair strands fall out, and the roots remain intact within the follicle. This is a natural effect of a hair transplant, but as mentioned earlier, it’s nothing to worry about.
All you have to focus on is ensuring that you go to a good surgeon and making sure that the grafts have been inserted properly.
Why Is My Hair Falling In Bulk Amounts?
This isn’t necessarily due directly to the transplant. Perhaps you’ve had chronic hair fall even before you even got the surgery, or you’re having an adverse reaction to the medication given to you after your hair transplant.
If it is due to the hair transplant, however, it could be because of what is known as “shock loss”.Shock loss is a phenomenon where your hair grafts are shocked from the trauma undergone by your scalp during the hair transplant. This causes temporary hair fall, but it’s nothing to raise alarm over as long as your grafts remain intact.
You don’t have to worry about hair loss due to a hair transplant, or its impact on the growth of your hair. All you need are a good surgeon like Dr. V. S. Rathore and to follow the instructions given to you by him, and you can enjoy the hair you desire all you want.
