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Hi, I'm very happy with my end result. 3 years on the rest of my degeneration has made my hair look 'thin' but certainly not exposed, way better than it was before the op. If it bothered me further I'm sure I could still undergo further surgery. I think immediately after the op you're prone to worry. I don't know for sure whether I lost any actual grafts, but if I did it was a minimal number. The hair itself will shed, so you just have to take it easy and go with it.

I believe there is some research regarding "Protein Shakes" themselves causing hairloss. I looked it up after my surgeon mentioning it during treatment. According to the research, supplements combined in a lot of "commercial" protein shakes cause an increase in body testosterone, potentially amplifying DHT hairloss effects. So if you are using Protein Shakes I would at least ensure it is a Pure Whey Protein, no added Creatine or similar chemicals. Similar applies with exercise. Not withstanding the basic 10day window for the grafts to bond it is certainly not advisable to do heavy lifting in the short term, as that kind of effort raises body Testosterone levels. Cardio on the other hand can have the opposite effect. http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/could-protein-shakes-increase-hair-loss/

I don't want to hijack a thread, but my query relates to comments made. To paraphrase: The surgeon said if it doesn't bleed you haven't lost the graft. Someone else said, crucially you aren't seeing the bulb so it's ok. I'm a week post op. Every scab/shaft combo I have come out has a small black bulb on the end. I have trawled post after post and there seems to be an equal split of people saying whether the bulb is ok or not ok. I dislodged one graft on night one and caused bleeding, had nothing like that since. If these bulbs were the whole graft I would have to assume they never bonded at all and the recipient slit healed back up without them bonding at all. Like I said I don't want to spear the thread off track, but would appreciate any comment of whether the black bulb is normal shedding.