Is my donor area over harvested and do I require another hair transplant? (Photos)

After a hair transplant we advise to carefully protect the transplanted hairs for the first 5 days, after which showering and increasing your activities is possible. The transplanted hair shafts will typically fall out in about 3 weeks and the new hairs will start to grow in at 3-4 months. Full growth is judged at 10-12 months. Sometimes the native hairs in the recipient area will continue to thin over time which can give the illusion of a failed transplant, when in reality most of the density is actually from the transplanted hair.
In your situation, it is too soon to tell whether or not you will need another transplant. However, the donor area does look over-harvested. Again, only time will tell the effects of this, for the hair takes a long time to grow. SMP could be a potential option to create the appearance of density.

Gary Linkov, MD
Hair Specialist
Manhattan

I does appear that the right side was over harvested. Did the left side look that originally? Did they tell you they took more grafts from the right compared to the left.? I agree that SMP might be your only option to tr and even the donor area appearance..

Only time will answer this question. If it is shock loss, then the next 6 months should result in a substantial improvement in the donor area. The fact that one side is much better than the other suggests it is shock loss and not over-harvesting.