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Hair transplant after 12 months: what patients report
This page doesn't explain the medicine; your surgeon should. It shows what patients themselves wrote on reddit (r/HairTransplants and r/tressless) when they posted a progress report 12 months after their surgery, and what the same people wrote when they posted again later.
334 of 5,433 patient progress reports were posted at 12 months, 295 of them with photos. How the patients described their experience so far: 75% positive, 5% mixed, 8% negative (the rest didn't say).
Mentioned in these threads: poor growth (11%), shock loss (5%), scarring (5%), infection (1%).
Month 12 compared with the rest of the first year
Share of each month's progress reports that described the experience as positive.
Where the same people were later
25 of the 274 people who posted at 12 months posted another progress report of their own at least three months later. In their latest report, 19 described their experience as positive, 2 as mixed and 1 as negative; 3 didn't say.
Read this with care: only people who chose to post again are counted, and those who stopped posting may differ from those who kept posting, so this is not a success rate.
- At 12 months
“one-year progress update since my operation with Dr. Nader last February”
One year update: Dr. Nader (1335 grafts) (reddit, Mar 2024), with Luis NaderSame person at 18 months (described as positive)“about a year and a half out from an HT from Dr. Nader”
For those of you who have gotten several HTs from the same doctor... (reddit, Nov 2024)
In their own words at 12 months
“Been a little over a year since I had my HT with Dr. Kaan Pekiner so I figured id post an update.”
At 12 months, with Kaan Pekiner. Dr. Pekiner - 1800 grafts (1500 hairline + 300 crown) - 1 YEAR (reddit, Jul 2026), with photos“Almost 1 year to the date , couldn’t be happier with my results from Dr Joe and the team.”
At 12 months, with David Josephitis. Dr Josephitis - SMG Minnesota USA - 2904 Grafts - 1 year update (reddit, Apr 2026), with photos“the same as how it was at the end of 1 year (have attached photos)”
At 12 months, with Alok Kumar Sahoo. Latest Update - Dr. Alok Sahoo (reddit, Sept 2025), with photos“Hello guys i had 4300 graft fue procedure done by dr Laorwong last September.Exactly a year ago.”
At 12 months, with Kongkiat Laorwong. Progress update (reddit, Sept 2025), with photos“At my 4 months with her and it looks better than my 12 months with haber.”
At 12 months, with Robert Haber. Failed Hair Transplant in USA by Robert Haber / Haber Dermatology (reddit, Feb 2025), with photos“And I'm here to share this 1 year result that gave me back my self-esteem.”
At 12 months, with Felipe Pittella. My hair transplant update up to 1 year (reddit, Nov 2023), with photos“So it has been a year with lots of ups and downs, but here I am having hair I couldn’t imagine a year before :) Posting few pictures showing the process of the growth. Never lose faith fellas!!”
At 12 months, with Dogan Turan. Hair Transplant Results After a Year. 4565 Grafts FUE (reddit, Oct 2023), with photos“Honestly it’s pretty much the same as here I would say, I will post an update on the 16th!”
At 12 months, with Pukpinya Jangjetriew. 9 months - hairtran clinic Bangkok Thailand (reddit, Mar 2023), with photos“The photos on the bottom are post-op one year (with the wooden door background).”
At 12 months, with John Diep. 2500 FUE with Dr. Diep (reddit, Jul 2020), with photos“Also this wasn’t an issue of losing hair that was transplanted over the year.”
At 12 months, with Goran Jezic. $15k for 3000 grafts FUE (reddit, May 2025)
How to read these numbers
These are people who chose to post, not a clinical study. Someone worried at month 12 is more likely to ask for reassurance than someone who is fine, and a thread "mentioning" a problem can be a worry as much as a diagnosis. A thread counts once, at the point after surgery the patient stated (month 12 means 12 to just under 13 months), even if it names several doctors. Removed threads are left out of the quotes. Your own surgeon's advice comes first.
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