Is this shock loss in the donor area? 3 weeks post FUE with PRP. (photos)

Question

I recently had an FUE hair transplant along with PRP. Its been 3 weeks now and my donor area is healing nicely apart from this particular patch.

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

FUE can cause donor depletion and patchy donor appearance.  Sometimes aggressive FUE harvesting can cause shock loss.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

Sometimes  there may be such a early phase alopecic, bald spots  in donor areas after FUE surgery,  but fortunatelly most are transient. İt may happen because of over harvesting or transient post traumatic shedding /shock loss. Any way it heals and hair regrow in 4-5 months of hair restoration surgery .

Michael Meshkin, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Your surgeon probably over harvested the donor area. Unfortunately This could happen if the doctor is not careful during fue hair transplant.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

This appears to be shock loss causing loss of the hairs in the donor area. I am assuming that the surgeon took out too many grafts too closely in that area which impacted the circulation to the donor area. We have performed a thousands of FUE sessions and have never seen this complication. You should wait it out and possibly in 4-7 months the some of the hair will return

Is this shock loss in the donor area? 3 weeks post FUE with PRP. (photos)

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