FUE 3000 grafts almost 8 weeks ago: my donor area looks thin, was is over harvested? (Photos)

Hello, good question. I understand your concern but I think you need to be patient for a while longer. It’s only been 8 weeks and it could look thin for a bit longer. Wait a couple of more months and see how it looks. If you are not satisfied at that point I suggest making an appointment with your doctor to discuss your options. 

Overharvesting is a relative term. In many patients we want to harvest very aggressively to lower the density of a very think donor area. Others may not need or tolerate as much. As I have published (FUE for total evenness), as long as the evenness is there the donor looks reasonable. If harvesting is limited to only one band with keeping the neighboring areas intact our eyes starts seeing pattern. That is the effect of a sharp decline in density. To prevent that the edges of the donor should be tapered and featured as we remove grafts. In your situation that you see this after one procedure, you can see improvement if you need future hair transplant as long as hair is taken diffusely from the other (non-previously harvested) areas of donor zone.