“What is the donor area?”
“Does the donor area grow back completely?”
A lot of women think it’s quite nerve wrecking for them to have to shave a part of their hair during a hair transplant. For many it’s holding them from undergoing a hair transplant because they think it will never grow back again. Luckily this is not true!
What is the donor area exactly?
The donor area is the back part of the head. From this area the hairs will be extracted, meaning taking from your head in order to implant in a later stage. These hairs are called grafts.
One graft can contain 1 till 3 or even 4 hairs. The more hair present in one graft, the better result it will give in the end. The hairs that are extracted from the donor area will start to grow back after a few weeks in the receiving area (the area where they will be implanted). We call this the receiving area. The grafts that are extracted from the donor area are immune to the DHT hormone, which causes hair loss. Therefore the transplanted hairs will not fall off.
Will the donor area grow back?
After removing one graft from the donor area it will not grow back there anymore. The hairs in the surrounding areas will grow back again. The donor area will not be extracted (or emptied) completely.
During a hair transplant only a part of the hair follicles will be removed. The remaining part of the donor area will have hair growing again. That’s why it will not be visible that the donor area will have less hair.
During a hair transplant, depending on the goal of the procedure, approximately 4000 grafts will be extracted. This is about 30% of the total available grafts in the donor area.
After one week the donor area is covered with hair again
Many women think they will be left behind with a bald spot after the hair transplant. This is just temporary, for about 4 days. The hair grows back very quickly. You will see that the donor area is nicely covered with hairs again and you no longer see a bald spot.