Is it normal for the donor area to look patchy? (Photo)

If you have excess number of hair grafts harvested, your donor area will look depleted.  This is a problem with FUE harvesting many people don't consider when they have FUE mega sessions.

With only one photo and very short time post op, it is not really easy to say if it is an over harvesting or not. On the other hand I can say there might be two possibilities.Over harvesting or temporary shock loss.It is better to check with your surgeon for a close control.

Hi There,
It is too early to evaluate whether there has been an over harvest of the follicles. The no of follicles harvested would depend on the area needed to be covered. Hair is not a point. As the remaining hair grows in length hopefully the donor area would not appear patchy. I presume that the surgeon would have harvested as much grafts as  possible to give you a good density over areas of baldness while considering that once the hair grows in donor area the patches would be concealed.

It does look like that there is donor area over-harvesting; however, you may just have some vascular changes and shock loss which, if the case, will recover. I certainly hope so.