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20 days post op FUE hair transplant and I don’t know if this shedding is normal. Thoughts? (photos)

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Tough2914May 1, 2019

I did a FUE transplant 20 days ago and my hair started to shed about 50 hairs, but half of them seem like the to come with follicle (not sure)

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