fullickles

My gut tells me that it is related to the surgery, the timing is just too coincidental and the shedding too out of character. Prior to the surgery, I never had hair shedding onto my hands while shampooing. Maybe the stray hair here and there, but it was very rare. Just normal hair cycle sort of stuff. Within weeks of the surgery this was no longer the case. I didn't have it coming out in clumps per se, but there was always several hairs in my hands after shampooing and my head was sort of tingly/itchy all over. I don't take any meds for hair loss and never have. Maybe I am a bit strange, but I would rather have an invasive and uncomfortable procedure than put hormones or chemicals in/on my body. Plus they are pretty expensive. Nothing against anyone who does, it just isn't for me. I did however take MSM for a while immediately post op (for about a month), but then stopped and haven't taken it since. I didn't really notice any acceleration in hair/nail growth from it, and I didn't want to keep taking a supplement if I didn't have to. I am mostly looking to put this experience out there so that people who are considering HT are aware of another possible side effect, as well as get some feedback from other HTers who maybe have had a similar experience to help put my mind at ease a little. Really hoping the density comes back.

I am about 2 and a half months post op from a FUT procedure to restore hairline. I had just over 2K grafts places in the frontal "triangles" where my hairline has receded. My crown area has always been very full though, and as I was looking at it pre-op, I thought that there *might* be some extremely light thinning compared to the rest of my head, but it was pretty hard to be sure. Within a month of the procedure though, I noticed a pronounced thinning of my crown. No bald spots or anything, but it is very noticeably thinner to me as well as my wife. My question is, can this be the result of the surgery? Is this a possible form of shock loss, even though it is not in either donor or recipient area? I am hoping so, and that it will thicken back in, but I am wondering if anyone else has heard of or experienced it.