Ahhhh the minoxidil to the donor area...something I learned from " The Spex Project "!!

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Dr Rahal in January 19, 2012
4808 FUT grafts- 941 singles, 2809 doubles, 1031 triples, 27 quads

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Thanks for the advice and words of encouragement everyone. I'll make sure to follow up.

Hi I had 2 small strip HTs in 06 (250 grafts) & 07 (750 grafts) where my head wasnt shaved and i had none of this

3 months ago i had my 3rd HT which was FUE and shaved head with 2450 grafts. I got exactly what u have right now at week 2 and i was distraught i came on here and several members and dr charles consoled me saying the hair should grow back

Thankfully it did all grow in by 3 months. In the meanwhile i got away with using dermatch (i have black hair) and keeping it quite short on the sides .

You will be fine bro. try not to worry the vast majority of people recover within 3 months.

i am keeping my fingers crossed because i got the same amount of shock loss as the thread starter as my donor area.

Dr Pong told me the hair will start growing back after 3-4 months post op.

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Hello

I had some shockloss from FUE but it is all part of the process. Further, the "U" shaped buzz needed to grow back as well so concealing both were an issue. I used dermatch and kept the surrounding hair a bit longer prior to surgery.

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My views are based on my personal experiences, research and objective observations. I am not a doctor.

Total - 5621 FU's uncut!

I think I possibly could be suffering shock loss too. See my thread and photo attached. I hope it is in fact shock loss because I would not be happy with the results otherwise.

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.co...onor-area.html

I wasn't aware you could have shock loss in the donor area. I'm comforted by the fact that you guys have experienced similar and recovered.

Fue patient you can get donor shockloss in fue surgery but it's nowhere near as common as strip shockloss because with strip a hole piece of scalp is removed it must be harder for the blood to flow through.

With regards to your pictures i'm unsure if it is shockloss as i've never seen anyone with fue shockloss like that where it's just in between the punch holes usually it spreads out of the extracted area slightly, i my self had a butcher take approx 800 fue grafts out of my donor with a big 1mm punch and after 2 to 3 weeks it was completely covered the surgeon who did mine was so bad he pushed a fue graft into my skull and left it there to infect. I think it's just luck of the draw because by rights i should of had fue shockloss if it goes on a surgeons skill.

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Bonkerstonker!

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/home-page.asp?WebID=1977

Started losing my hair at 19 in 1999
I've been using propecia and minoxidil 10 years
Had 4 hair transplants equalling 8460 grafts by way of strip & fue

I've seen some cases of shock loss at that level. Like others are saying: around 3-5 months. Good luck!

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Hello Everyone,
I am well aware of my patient's shock loss in his donor area. This is the only patient of mine that I have seen having donor region shock loss of any significance. My patient did have shock loss with his first surgery and was well aware that it might happen again. All of his hair in the donor region grew back after his first surgery. Thank you for your words of encouragement and support to my patient. I am sure he appreciates your kind words.
Best Regards, Dr. Keller

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