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Hair transplant after 4 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 4 months after their surgery, and what the same people wrote when they posted again later.
396 of 5,433 patient progress reports were posted at 4 months, 357 of them with photos. How the patients described their experience so far: 66% positive, 11% mixed, 2% negative (the rest didn't say).
Mentioned in these threads: shock loss (5%), poor growth (3%), scarring (1%), overharvested donor area (1%).
Month 4 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
108 of the 335 people who posted at 4 months posted another progress report of their own at least three months later. In their latest report, 89 described their experience as positive, 6 as mixed and 1 as negative; 12 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 4 months
“A few days short of a full 4 months into my 620 graft repair of Diep's work.”
4 Month Update: Dr. Nader Repaired Diep's Unnatural Results (reddit, Jul 2023), with Luis NaderSame person at 12 months (described as positive)“So I feel the methodology provides all the benefits of using DHI, but is even better.”
In their own words at 4 months
“Next week marks 4 months post-op after my hair transplant at Dr. Bekir Bek’s clinic in Turkey.”
At 4 months, with Bekir Bek. Dr Bekir Bek (2555 grafts) - Progress at ~4 Months (reddit, Feb 2026), with photos“Month 4 check-in after my transplant with Dr. Patty and the HairTran team.”
At 4 months, with Pukpinya Jangjetriew. 4 Month Results - Dr Patty @ Hairtran Bangkok (reddit, Jan 2026), with photos“especially because the regrowth has been very good regarding its only 4 months post ht.”
At 4.5 months, with Michalis Georgiou. 4 month 2 week update on my 3000 graft hair transplant (reddit, Sept 2025), with photos“4 months after the procedure, it looks like it has never been touched.”
At 4 months, with Dogan Turan. Dr. Dogan Turan ~ 4000 grafts (reddit, Apr 2025), with photos“My first HT, month 4 was definitely a bit better so this is a bit concerning”
At 4 months, with Kongkiat Laorwong. Month 4, Dr Laorwong (reddit, Jan 2025), with photos“This is after 4.5 months but I’m using a sprinkle of hair fibers for density.”
At 4.5 months. Why didn’t I do this sooner? 4.5 months progress (reddit, Jan 2025), with photos“Yeah I actually have a bit of a fringe now but really only started growing now at month 4”
At 4 months. Am I being real impatient 🤔 (reddit, Aug 2024), with photos“Pics are 1 month, 2 months, 3 months and the last set of pics are 4 months”
At 4 months, with Sibel Ulusan. Month 4 💪😤 (look at the growth!) (reddit, May 2024), with photos“here's my 4 month update following my appointment with Dr Pekiner at the end of last November”
At 4 months, with Kaan Pekiner. Dr Pekiner 1011 Grafts - 4 Months (reddit, Apr 2024), with photos“I’m slightly past 4 months, so I see lots of hair emerging, but nothing cosmetically pleasing yet.”
At 4 months. True and Dorin Hair Transplant (reddit, May 2021), with photos
How to read these numbers
These are people who chose to post, not a clinical study. Someone worried at month 4 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 4 means 4 to just under 5 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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