I think it will change back- often surgical sites regrow very immature hair like a kitten and it will mature into its adult form over time. Gorgeous kitty!
This is a phenomenon known as wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis. It happens to many mammals when they get cuts or surgery. Basically, the trauma that the skin layers experience releases growth factors and chemical signals which stimulate the de novo creation of new hair follicles to replace the damaged or missing ones. This effect often generates not only new hair follicles, but faster growing ones because of the residual secreted growth factors.
Source: used to do wound healing research in a surgical lab
gooberfaced on October 4th, 2018 at 12:51 UTC »
I think it will change back- often surgical sites regrow very immature hair like a kitten and it will mature into its adult form over time. Gorgeous kitty!
ZeroDukz on October 4th, 2018 at 12:51 UTC »
Kitty is doing great, btw. This is one year post surgery. The white just keeps getting longer
Dusteaux on October 4th, 2018 at 14:32 UTC »
This is a phenomenon known as wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis. It happens to many mammals when they get cuts or surgery. Basically, the trauma that the skin layers experience releases growth factors and chemical signals which stimulate the de novo creation of new hair follicles to replace the damaged or missing ones. This effect often generates not only new hair follicles, but faster growing ones because of the residual secreted growth factors.
Source: used to do wound healing research in a surgical lab