Do Hair Implants Grow After Surgery

This is a very good question that gets asked a lot. The answer to it is yes if you have the natural hair implantation procedure and no if you have artificial implants. Just like the name implies, when you get natural implants you are getting hair units that have been transplanted from your scalp or some other part of the body. Artificial grafts, on the other hand, are manufactured from a man made material and are non-organic.

Artificial implants are strings of hair like material that are made to look like hair shafts. A cosmetic surgeon will tie a knot on the end of this string and this will act as an anchor in the scalp. A small hole or incision is made in the skin of the bald spot and the knot is inserted with a medical device. The artificial hair is left long until the procedure is finished and then they are all cut in the style the customer prefers. The implants will never get longer so it is important that anyone styling the hair does not try to trim it. If the artificial hair becomes too short the only cure is to redo the hair implantation procedure and add more hairs.

When natural hair implants are used the surgeon will actually remove growing hair units from either an area of that scalp that has good hair growth or another part of the body. When these units are removed they are taken intact with all the parts needed to grow hair shaft material. Each individual hair follicle unit is prepared for insertion and then the cosmetic surgeon will carefully place the hairs in a way that matches the surrounding hair.

Within a few weeks the transplanted follicles will start to attach to the blood supply and will begin transferring nutrients and waste along with metabolite gases. This transfer allows the hair root to start manufacturing the needed hair shaft material and the hair starts to grow. For the first few months the growth is very light but it continues to thicken until the hairs match the others surrounding the treated area.

As time goes on the hair implant in the formally bald area continues to grow and it becomes impossible to tell the procedure was done. The hair implants will continue to grow for years as if they had always been in that area of the scalp.