Hi,
I am trying to be positive and not lose it but I am having a bad result. My donor scar looks really bad in my eyes and the hair in the back of my head has all but thinned out. It appears to be bad shock loss which is also very visible on the top of the scar. I am 5 months out and I am so sad that my head look like this now. PLease if anyone can provide thought, suggestions I would really appreciate it. Is this common or does it appear to be as bad as I'm feeling it is? Thank you.

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Where did you have your procedure? Have you contacted them to ask them what they think?

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I've never seen a case of shock loss that severe, and don't think I've heard of one happening 5 months after the procedure.

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I am waiting for his response, he won't be back until Tuesday. I had it done at Wuality Hair restoration aks Marquee (spelling may be off) in Florida. And I wish I would have read this site first before going there.

I started to notice the shock loss about 2 months after the procedure, but by bit. I don't know what's going on.

Dross, that looks pretty bad. I feel sorry for the outcome. You should definitely contact the clinic and ask them to resolve this issue.

Hopefully, this is only a temporary shock loss. Good luck!

dross----

I actually have seen a couple of cases of shockloss worse than yours, also at around 5 or 6 months post op.

In both cases it grew back by about month 9.

dross, Permanent shockloss is generally something that happens in the recipient area; it's when hairs that were effected by dht and not likely to last much longer are traumatized from the surgery and do not re-grow. This is not to be confused with transection, which is when the graft is damaged by the surgeon cutting, or temporary shockloss which is very common around the scar area. Yours looks like the latter, and can occur around 2-3 months and take a few months to grow back. So, I wouldn't press the panic button just yet. Wait it out a few months and hopefully it will all grow back. How is your recipient area looking?

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how the recipiant site???
i also notice you are female, lucky for you its not the end of the world if for some reason it did not grow back as you can have your hair down. however i still understand your problem and agree with hairthere, i think you should be fine within a few months and with you being female you have a better chance as IMO i think female hair is stronger than male hair and can take more abuse.
just think positive

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Thank you hairthere. The recipient area is JUST starting to grow, but I don't see the 2,000 plus grafts yet, and I am worried. I called the docs office and they said the hairs dont always grow in at the same time, but we will see about that. About 3 months ago, the back of my hair did NOT look that way, all of a sudden, the hair was gone.