FUE transplant 5.5 months ago in Istanbul. My donor area is very thin and not growing back properly, is this normal? (Photos)

Your donor area will always look "thinner" proportionate to the number of hairs taken out after a FUE harvesting surgery.  The hairs will NOT grow back from the donor area (where it was taken). If it all goes to plan the donor hairs will grow in the area it was transplanted. It may take 6 to 12 months to see the results of a hair transplant surgery.  If you are concerned it is best to discuss it with your doctor.

Unfortunately, legitimate hair transplant surgeons are seeing a growing number of cases of FUE hair transplants performed in certain geographic areas with overharvesting of donor hairs, resulting in patchy thinned out areas.  Do your homework.For you micropigmentation may be indicated in the future.

Looking at your pictures it seems like they over harvested the donor area trying to get you too many grafts in one sitting.  Scalp Migropigmentation is definitely an option to camouflage your donor density thinnest.

It's too early to tell how your results will be, and without preop photos the results can't be assessed properly.  Your donor area does look sparse.  The appearance can be improved with micropigmentation.Give it at least 8 months, then go see your surgeon to review photos, discuss results and options. 

Great questions. It is too soon to see your final results in the recipient area, be patient and you need 6-7 more months for the final evaluation. Yes, in my opinion the donor area looks over harvested with multiple micro circular hypo pigmented scars. You need to contact your surgeon for evaluation and comments. Micropoigmentation of the scars in the donor area could be a good option. Good luck.

It appears you have had an over harvesting of your donor area. The patchy appearance of your donor area needs to be addressed by your surgeon. There are treatments like scalp micropigmentation that can help. All the best

It's early on but things are not looking good for you. Your best bet is to go back to your surgeon / physician and find out what they think and how they can help you. I'm sure you already know how they handle complications and their policies which are in effect during your in person consultation with the doctor. 

Hello and Thank you for your question, without the pre-op pictures it would not be completely right to judge on the procedure results, however given the kind of hair you seem to have above the extracted area, it does look like there has been over harvest and given the time period of 5 and a 1/2 months is over already, i do not expect any dramatic changes in the region. Given the number of grafts that has been extracted, especially with you having almost straight hair which also seems silky, you should've ideally gone for FUT technique along with FUE (Combination) with a Trichophytic closure, the area of harvesting becomes less and very unlikely to leave such a big patch as this kind of patch is only formed with huge number of grafts extraction in FUE. Regards,

With a see through donor area now, the 4000 FUE grafts surgery clearly was not supportable at the time it was done. The only thing you can do now is Scalp Micropogimentation