Is my Hair Transplant Ruined? Some Grafts Disappeard After 6-7 Days?

Question

HI, I've noticed that some of the hair grafts have disappeared just one week after my hair transplant. Is this normal. I'm worried now that the procedure hasn't work or that I've done something wrong. People say that's what planted there for first 48 hours are paramount. I can see the hairless skin now and it looks like nothing is there. What's planted there surely after 5 days bulb etc, must be quiet strong by then? Thanks,

Sanusi Umar, MD · Answer

It is normal for the scabs to flake off at 7 days post-surgery. And with them, the transplanted hair may also come off. However, the follicles should have taken root by this point and will begin to grow in about 4 months.

Levent Acar, MD · Answer

Shedding is a part after hairtransplant .It’s normal, this is the cycle of hair regrowth after hair transplant.

Matthew Richardson, MD · Answer

It is normal for transplanted hairs to shed starting about a week after surgery and continuing over the next several weeks. The hair shafts often shed along with the scabs as they loosen and fall off.  This does not mean that the follicle is lost.  The follicle should start to regenerate a new hair shaft somewhere in the 3-6 month time frame.  Patience is key.
All the best,

Tim Neavin, MD · Answer

The follicles integrate rather quickly.  Then, the hairs will fall out with scabs from a few days to a couple weeks.  It may be a year of more before the hairs regrow.  Hang in there!  Check in with your doc if you still have concerns.

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

Disappearing grafts does not mean your hair transplant is ruined.  You must understand that even in the most ideal circumstances you will lose a few grafts.  Even if you don't lose any grafts, not all the transplanted grafts will grow out.  Nothing is 100% except as they say death and taxes.

Earl Stephenson, Jr., MD, DDS, MBA · Answer

The transplanted hair will have scabs that will disappear.  The hair itself will fall out but the root will still be present and hair will regrow over 6-9 months. All should be fine.

	Dr. ES

John E. Frank, MD · Answer

You're not the first person who has wondered about lost follicles at this juncture...myself included!  But it its true that after 72 hours, the follicles are situated well and it would take a lot to remove them. The shafts of hair and possible scabby litttle casts that may come out at this point are usually not the important, germ cells needed to sprout new hair, so you should really be OK.

	 Good luck,  I hope that helps.

	 

	Dr John Frank, MD

Sara Salas, MD · Answer

There isn't anything to worry about here because the grafts will shed within a week up to months. Just sit back and wait until they begin to grow.

Hussain Rahal, MD · Answer

It is stressful to see newly transplanted hairs fall so fast after surgery. but properly transplanted grafts will go through a shedding phase that can start around the 7 day mark and continue for few weeks
normally the transplanted hairs will go through the normal cylce and go through a telogen phase. the hair falls with the scab, but the follicle will remain in the skin.this dormancy may last 3- 4 months and new hairs will begin to grow.

Eric Rosenberger, MD · Answer

Scabs start to fall off at 5-7 days post transplant. Any scab with a hair incorporated into the clot may also be removed. The regenerative portion of the follicle has remained behind in this case, so now it is important to be patient. Regrowth will occur starting in approximately 4-5 months. All of the transplanted hairs are expected to fall out within the first month following transplant.