Will Hair Implants Grow?

I get asked all the time if hair implants will grow. That depends on what type of implantation technique is utilized. There are two broad categories that this type of hair loss restoration procedure falls under, either artificial implants or natural hair implants.

The artificial ones will not grow because they are made of an inorganic man-made material. They are basically long strings of hair like material which are inserted into the scalp in the bald or thinning hair area. This procedure is accomplished by the surgeon tying a knot on the end of the artificial hair and then using a small medical tool to make a hole or incision in the scalp and next insert the hair into that hole. The knot acts as an anchor which keeps the artificial hair shaft from being pulled back out of the skin. After a few days the skin on the scalp recovers and grows around the hair shaft helping to secure it.

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Since these hairs are not natural they do not grow. This is one of the many down falls of this procedure. Once your hair is styled you are stuck with it. If you gut the hairs short then they will stay like that forever. The only way to get longer hair is to have new implants inserted.

Natural hair implants, on the other hand, do grow after they have been transplanted . When the surgeon removes the hair units from the scalp or other area of the body he or she removes the shaft, follicle, and sheath. This is then inserted into a small incision in the bald area of the scalp. This material will then be used as a source for all the structures needed to produce normal hair. As time goes by the vascular system of the scalp will connect with the follicle and begin to exchange nutrients, wastes, and gases. At this point the hair unit can begin to actually manufacture the hair shaft material and the hair begins to grow.

The first few months show very light hair growth but as time goes on the hair shafts grow to a state that matches the existing natural hair around the bald spot. At this point it becomes very difficult to tell the difference from a transplanted hair shaft and one that has always grown naturally at that site.

Unlike the artificial graft or implant which is very limited in styling options, a natural hair implant can be styled in whatever method the patient prefers. If he or she doesn't like it they can wait a few weeks and it will grow out again.