Fine Translucent Hairs Mature to Normal Hair?

[Hair Come Back]

I am at the four and a half month mark of my hair transplant and I noticed this morning a lot of very small translucent looking hairs all over the top of my head. Mixed in with those are some thicker darker more normal looking hairs. These translucent looking hairs are so faint and fine that I must hold my head up and look at them from that angle to see them. They seem to follow the line of where the doctor put the new hairline and don't go any further below that. I'm not sure why some of the hair would come in from the beginning looking like mature hair and others come in looking like baby hairs unless those were already there before the procedure but I don't think they were. I read something on the forum about hair coming in very fine almost invisible then maturing into normal hair. That would be great if these do mature in to normal looking hair. At this point I can see evidence of hair where there was none before but it is far from being enough to be cosmetically acceptable.

Here is my question: Are these hairs eventually going to mature and turn into regular cosmetically acceptable hairs?

 

[hairtech_]

In my experience it sounds like "vellus" hairs. Usually, when transplanted hairs start to come in, they come in just as they were transplanted. Baby fine hairs are a part of the miniaturization process. A sort of cascade of events by which the hair "caliber" and "length" decreases over time. The last stage is in fact baby fine hairs AKA the vellus hairs.

 

[Hair Come Back]

Oh well, I was praying those would become normal hairs! :sobbing: Someone on another forum anwered this questions this way.

Its a long process my friend you know that. They start off as baby hairs and then thicken, some have just grown quicker than others thats all. Nothing to worry about

 

[hairtech_]

No I have heard of cases where minoxidil/Propecia helped these guys out. Are you doing that?

I have heard of body hair transplants starting off with lower caliber and thickening up over time but that is unsubstantiated by anyone.

 

[Hair Come Back]

I used Rogain for the first 3.5 months after the procedure but I haven't used it for the past month.

 

[hairtech_]

hhhmmm... why did you stop?

 

[Hair Come Back]

My doctor told me to. In his post op instructions he tells his patients to use it for three months after the procedure then stop.

 

[hairtech_]

Interesting... I don't know what to say for that. I believe he wanted you to use the rogaine in the beginning to stave off potential shockloss... but I don't exactly know why he would say stop altogether after 3 months. Email him and ask him what his opinion is... then come back here and tell us.