Senior Member RTC Posted August 10, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 10, 2022 Hi all, Six weeks in. Today I plucked a hair on the corner of my hairline which I believe to be a pre-existing hair but could also be a temple hair implanted by Dr Mwamba. Would there be any harm in plucking a transplanted hair six weeks later? Hattingen September 2023 - Punchouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member mafpe Posted August 10, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 10, 2022 don't think there is. the hair on transplanted one would have "died" and the follicle would be on resting phase. unless it didn't go on the resting phase, then you did pluck an active hair. as far as i know, if you pluck an active one, it would just be on resting phase prematurely, while if you pulled a "dead" hair, it doensn't affect the graft as it's resting anyway. plucking though does fasten the miniaturisation process if i am right since miniaturisation occurs per cycle and you're shortening the cycle. also, i did use a tweezer to gently pull on the transplanted hair to pull the to be shedding hair on a few spot, and one of them is already appearing. might be an isolated case but that one graft is growing early despite me tweezing that graft to pull the shedding hair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted August 10, 2022 Valued Contributor Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, RTC said: Hi all, Six weeks in. Today I plucked a hair on the corner of my hairline which I believe to be a pre-existing hair but could also be a temple hair implanted by Dr Mwamba. Would there be any harm in plucking a transplanted hair six weeks later? No. 2 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahal Hair Transplant Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 RTC, My first question is why did you pluck the hair in the first place? In my opinion, regularly plucking hairs from your scalp is not a good habit to get into whether it’s natural or transplanted. While plucking your hairs likely will not damage the follicle underneath the surface of the scalp, continually doing it may eventually result in permanent loss. Hopefully this is just a single hair you plucked because you felt it was out of place and didn’t want the hair to be there in which case there is no problem. But it will likely grow back and you will have to pluck it again if it’s something you want to be removed. Again however, I would not get into the habit of rarely plucking hairs unless you want those Prego hairs permanently illuminated over time. Regularly talking or pulling hair is referred to as trichotillomania which is a hair pulling condition where a man or a woman will tug on their hair as a result of stress or some other negative feeling. Although typically, those with this condition typically pull on clumps of hair rather than plucking single hairs. I hope this helps. Rahal Hair Transplant 2 Rahal Hair Transplant Institute - Answers to questions, posts or any comments from this account should not be taken or construed as medical advice. All comments are the personal opinions of the poster. Dr. Rahal is a member of the Coalition of Independent of Hair Restoration Physicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member WhereIsMyMind Posted August 10, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 10, 2022 Someone got OCD triggered 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member RTC Posted August 10, 2022 Author Senior Member Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Rahal Hair Transplant said: RTC, My first question is why did you pluck the hair in the first place? In my opinion, regularly plucking hairs from your scalp is not a good habit to get into whether it’s natural or transplanted. While plucking your hairs likely will not damage the follicle underneath the surface of the scalp, continually doing it may eventually result in permanent loss. Hopefully this is just a single hair you plucked because you felt it was out of place and didn’t want the hair to be there in which case there is no problem. But it will likely grow back and you will have to pluck it again if it’s something you want to be removed. Again however, I would not get into the habit of rarely plucking hairs unless you want those Prego hairs permanently illuminated over time. Regularly talking or pulling hair is referred to as trichotillomania which is a hair pulling condition where a man or a woman will tug on their hair as a result of stress or some other negative feeling. Although typically, those with this condition typically pull on clumps of hair rather than plucking single hairs. I hope this helps. Rahal Hair Transplant They were poorly implanted grafts from my Turkish operation, very unsightly and ugly. The only reason I'm concerned is because they were close to the temple work Mwamba did so hope I didn't remove some of them. I definitely don't have a psychological problem, I think you have the wrong end of the stick lol. Hattingen September 2023 - Punchouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member gillenator Posted August 10, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 10, 2022 Well, the main thing to keep in mind is the final result, meantime try to refrain from plucking any more…👍 Gillenator Independent Patient Advocate I am not a physician and not employed by any doctor/clinic. My opinions are not medical advice, but are my own views which you read at your own risk. Supporting Physicians: Dr. Robert Dorin: The Hairloss Doctors in New York, NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member LookMaxx Posted August 11, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 11, 2022 The things I read on this forum sometimes 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member RTC Posted August 11, 2022 Author Senior Member Share Posted August 11, 2022 5 hours ago, LookMaxx said: The things I read on this forum sometimes 😂 Hi Karen 🤣 1 Hattingen September 2023 - Punchouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member harryforreal Posted August 13, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 13, 2022 I have plucked MANY hairs in an attempt to remove weird, unnatural hairs at the front of the hair line or conversely to get the hairs to grow back less thick and more soft and natural. I literally have BAGS of plucked hairs labelled by month over multiple years so I could monitor changes to these hairs over time. To be clear, I never plucked hairs before my HT. Just was not happy with the "aesthetic" result and literally decided to take matters into my own hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member RTC Posted August 13, 2022 Author Senior Member Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 hour ago, harryforreal said: I have plucked MANY hairs in an attempt to remove weird, unnatural hairs at the front of the hair line or conversely to get the hairs to grow back less thick and more soft and natural. I literally have BAGS of plucked hairs labelled by month over multiple years so I could monitor changes to these hairs over time. To be clear, I never plucked hairs before my HT. Just was not happy with the "aesthetic" result and literally decided to take matters into my own hands. Did it work? This whole theory that plucked hairs come back thinner seems to be false completely Hattingen September 2023 - Punchouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sukh123 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 hour ago, harryforreal said: I have plucked MANY hairs in an attempt to remove weird, unnatural hairs at the front of the hair line or conversely to get the hairs to grow back less thick and more soft and natural. I literally have BAGS of plucked hairs labelled by month over multiple years so I could monitor changes to these hairs over time. To be clear, I never plucked hairs before my HT. Just was not happy with the "aesthetic" result and literally decided to take matters into my own hands. That’s straight up weird ngl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member gillenator Posted August 15, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 15, 2022 There probably should be a study done on this to see how plucking might affect future growth, any changes to the hair shafts, etc. Gillenator Independent Patient Advocate I am not a physician and not employed by any doctor/clinic. My opinions are not medical advice, but are my own views which you read at your own risk. Supporting Physicians: Dr. Robert Dorin: The Hairloss Doctors in New York, NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member harryforreal Posted August 27, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) On 8/13/2022 at 8:27 AM, RTC said: Did it work? This whole theory that plucked hairs come back thinner seems to be false completely The transplanted coarse hairs do not look like the soft hair of a beautiful maiden (which is what I thought I was getting as part of the HT, being quite naive), so probably fair to say no. On the other hand some hairs seem a bit softer - but that could just be testosterone whittling away the hairs over more than a decade now. Or it could be that plucking some did affect the coarseness a bit. But the worst hairs just seem bizarre still, even if they MIGHT have softened a little.... Edited August 27, 2022 by harryforreal fix spelling typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member harryforreal Posted August 27, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 27, 2022 On 8/13/2022 at 8:36 AM, sukh123 said: That’s straight up weird ngl Hair transplants are straight up weird, ngl. Watch a video on youtube! ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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