Can I be losing grafts 10 weeks post FUE? There's little pieces of skin with hair coming off my transplant area (Photo)

Question

Sometimes when I touch the transplant area I'll feel something like dirt or sand on my head but when I roll it off my head it's actually a small piece of skin with a hair growing out of it, I'm not scratching or picking these out they seem to be sitting there waiting to come out. Am I losing grafts this late or is it normal?

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

It is normal to lose transplanted hairs days to weeks after surgery.  It may take 6 to 12 months to see new hairs grow out.

Hussain Rahal, MD · Answer

Hello, 
This is perfectly normal to have shedding of the transplanted grafts, which may feel like dry skin scabs. But this will not affect the out come of the surgery.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

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 months 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 .

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

These hairs may 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

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Can I be losing grafts 10 weeks post FUE? There's little pieces of skin with hair coming off my transplant area (Photo)

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