When my son pulls on my hair…

So my little boy is a year-and-a-half old, and he is sweet and playful – like most kids his age.  There are times, though – when I’m changing him, or I’m carrying him on my shoulders, or he’s “hiding” behind my back when I’m sitting on the couch – when he’ll grab a handful or two of hair and start pulling.  He doesn’t pull too hard, but it would still kind of freak me out.  I don’t think there was any problem with it – it’s not like he’s been yanking it out of my scalp, but he does put some pressure on the ol’ follicles once in a while.

Well, this got me wondering about my new hair – what happens if it does get pulled out?  Again, hopefully not by the handful, but what if a few strands get caught in a hat or something?  Just how fragile is my new hair?

I called Bosley to get a little more info, and here’s what I found out:  there’s really nothing to worry about - transplanted hair will grow back (the nurse, Mimi, told me it’s like when a girl that plucks her eyebrows – the hair will regenerate).  Basically, when we pull hairs from our head, we’re pulling the roots out of the follicle – not the follicle out of the scalp.  If we were doing damage to the follicle, we’d start bleeding.  So I guess this is the clue to look for to see if there is any permanent damage to the transplanted hair – if there’s no blood, there’s no problem!

- Seth Garon is the prowd owner of a new hairdo. and lives in Portland, OR.

Comments

[female hair transplant]

I understand that you find that uncomfortable..

[BOB]

I am considering going forward with a bosley procedure. Can anyone tell me about the post surgical effects? I work a job I have to be in front of people all day, is my scalp going to be bandaged or bleeding for days after the surgery? I dont really want to explain to everyone that sees me why my scalp is raw and bleeding you know?