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It is normal to lose transplanted hairs weeks after surgery. It may take 6 to 12 months to see new hairs grow out.
Transplanted graft’s hair starts to shedding in the first week of surgery and may go on untill 4-6 th weeks after surgery. İt is not surprising to lost approx. %70-80 of all transplanted hair shafts in first month when you are washing, gently rubbing or touching the head. İt is shock loss and not permanent. Even your native hair may affected with that post traumatic transient hair loss…New hair at transplant and donor area starts to grow at 3-4 th month after surgery .
These hairs will sooner or later shed. They are never a problem for new hairs that start to grow. Usually, there is a lag time between the time the hairs shed (2-8 weeks) and the time the new hair grows (3-8 months). IF for any reason, there is an overlap between the two, pay no attention to it for when the new hair grows, the old hairs from the grafts that may persist beyond 8 weeks, will eventually shed
It is possible to harvest neck hairs but it would not be advisable since neck hair is not considered permanent hair.
In general most people have about 8000 grafts available for harvesting without making the donor area look depleted.This applies mostly to the Strip (FUT) procedure.For FUE 4000 to 5000 grafts may make your donor area look very depleted if you keep you hair short.
You had a large number of grafts taken and probably still have some scabbing in the donor area. Small scabs in the donor hair can force the hairs apart slightly and slight change the direction of the hairs which makes it look unusual compared to before surgery. It's difficult to tell...