I'm loosing grafts two and a half weeks after my FUE hair transplant, is something wrong? (Photo)

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Hello, It's been over 2 weeks since I had a Hair Transplant and in last 2-3 days I've noticed that with scabs Im loosing and hair/grafts as well. I followed everything as I was told by doctor but still I'm afraid that maybe HT didn't go well. I would appreciate any

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

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

Michael Vories, MD · Answer

This appears to be normal post-op shedding. Your physician should of informed you that the tissue goes into a dormant cycle around 2 weeks post-op, and the permanent growth does not begin until around the third month post-op.  As long as there has been no bleeding, no harm has been done.

Kapil Dua, MBBS, MS · Answer

It is normal for the transplanted hair to fall off 2-4 weeks post surgery. So, there is nothing to worry. They will start coming back after 3-4 months.

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 month 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 .

John Peter Cole, MD · Answer

What you are experiencing is completely normal.  Hair will fall out of the grafts beginning the second and third week.  Following the transplant, most of the hair will cease to grow.  Only a few grafts will continue growing immediately after a procedure.  Only rarely does a great deal of hair continue growing following a procedure.  The non-growing hair will begin to shed.  You actually want he non-growing hair to shed.  If the non-growing hair is retained, this will eventually lead to pimple and cyst formation.  You don't really want this to happen.  Thus, do your best to remove any non-growing hair follicles.  The non-growing hair follicles come out easily.  Usually the hair will grow back beginning the third month.  About 10% of the hair will resume growth each month thereafter.  We find with our sonicated PRP or cytokine rich plasma injections that regrowth is 99% at 4.5 months, however.  The CRP must be injected during the procedure or soon after a procedure to get this benefit.  Our growth factor concentrations are 6 to 8 times higher than standard activated PRP.

Anthony Bared, MD, FACS · Answer

The shedding of the transplanted grafts after a hair transplant is normal and expected.  You are not losing the transplanted hair follicles but rather shedding the graft with the surrounding skin.  If you are concerned, it is best to be seen by your surgeon.  The grafts typically enter into a quiescent state for 4 to 6 months before regrowing the transplanted hair.

Karl Hekimian, MD · Answer

It is normal and expected for the grafts to shed their hair a couple of weeks after surgery.  The follicles go into a dormant state after transplant and start to grow a few months later.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

These hairs will 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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