HOW WELL DOES THE NEW HAIR GROW?

The new facial hair typically grows like normal facial hair. The texture and other characteristics of the hair follicle harvested from the scalp, once grown back can be groomed, shaved or allowed to grow to any length similar to the original or native facial hair follicle. Once transplanted the new facial hairs are permanent and difficult to tell apart from the original hair.

To ensure natural appearing facial hair, careful placement of the grafts at the correct angle and proper direction is required. For optimal graft survival after donor harvesting, careful handling of the grafts are essential. At Orange County Hair Restoration, our office uses regenerative techniques such as Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), Hypothermosol TM , ATPTM ,and the Cole Chiller Device TM to reduce ischemia reperfusion injury and increases the survival of the hair grafts after surgery.

HOW IS PROCEDURE PERFORMED & WHAT ARE THE RESULTS?

The procedure is performed under local anesthesia with or without an oral sedative. The procedure roughly takes 2 to 5 hours depending on the size of the case and number of grafts harvested. The first few days after the procedure results in tiny crusts forming around each transplanted hair. Typically by the second day, patients may travel and resume non-strenuous activities. The transplanted hairs will begin to fall out at around 4 weeks, and then the follicles start to regrow at 3-4 months.

WHAT ARE THE RISKS WITH FACIAL HAIR TRANSPLANTATION?

There are few risks with the procedure, and most are those associated with standard hair transplantation. Depending upon the surgical technique selected by the patient, linear donor scarring may occur with the Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT), commonly referred to as the Strip technique. If a patient selects the FUE technique there may be 1mm hypopigmented areas in the donor site if the hair is shaved.