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18 minutes ago, youngnbald said:

Thank you for the reply!

Has the shedding stopped for you or is it still ongoing ? Did things get worse for you after the shedding?

In my case so far I'm pleased with the results (I'm hoping for a bit more density but even if my current state is the final result it won't be too bad).

I'm just worried whether it can get worse

Tbh, i just took picture yesterday which is almost 2 months since my shedding, and it was a shock to me, it gets around 30-40 % worse than the 7.5 months. But i am still believing it could be one of 2 conditions: seasonal shedding or telogen effluvium.

I did blood test to role out other causes, since i were getting crazy with the amount of shedding, and the result shows no thyroid problems or iron deficiency which could be assiciated wirh hair loss.

Try to relax, and keeps on your meds.

31 minutes ago, youngnbald said:

Hi guys,

Has anyone experienced shedding some time after the transplant? I'm close to month 8, and for the past couple of months whenever I run my hair through my hair there are a LOT of hairs left on my hand.

This worries me a bit

 

This exactly what happens to me.

I did my transplant at the begining of august 2019 at asmed. Until 7.5 months the transplanted hairs were growing fine and getting thicker, then i started to notice a massive shedding until the moment and i loss alot of hair with thining all over the head. However, my corrdinator told me its a seasonal shedding, which is temporary, and the hair will grow back again after a while. Hopefully she is right.

I have been on minoxidil for around 10 years, when i started to shed some hair.

It worked with me for the first 4 years i guess, but nothing after.

At the moment, i am on oral finestraide for 1.5 months, at the begining i noticed an excessive shedding, i thought it could be from the hair transplant that i did 7 months ago, but i procede wih it and noticed an improvement in the hair density and texture, but cannot tell if its related to the hair transplant procedure or effect of fin. However, still having waves of shedding which worried me. Hoping as you said gays, finestaride is working and replacing the weak hairs with new stronger hairs.

Any update?

3 minutes ago, PlzRespond said:

How will u address the donor? Smp?

I am not consideing smp, since am usyally not cutting my hair too short, so this leaves me with only option which is redistribution of the donor. I kow its a difficult procedure, but i previously watched a video for Dr.lorenzo showing a case with overharvested donor fixed with a multiple procedures of hair transplant

7 months and 3 weeks update:

 As a brief update, since i am close to the 8 months mark, as you see in the photos below, transplanted area improved than the last update at 5 months, but not for the crown area that i think will need another procedure in the future.

The most thing that bothers me is the donor area, especially the sides, since its still not recovered totally and to be honest cannot accept it being that way, so if still remains the same with time progression, i will try to correct it, hopefully with the crown restoration surgery, if possible. 

And another point, even if Asmed offers me a touch up procedure, i will never accept, since overall i am not happy with the result so far, and more important for me is the remaining hair that i still have, which i will never waste it again with other tech clinic. From my point of view, difference between 1000$ and 100,000$ surgeon is the management of the donor area.

Waiting for your thought guys.

On 2/19/2020 at 11:21 PM, dust78 said:

Thanks Melvin, i hope too. Concerns are still there but it has improved. I will wait the 12 months and see what happened. I will continue to update it  thanx!

Hello bro.

I am soory for your issue as we were together in asmed at the same time.

To be honest, i didnt think that it will improve to this point, after the initial pictures of your donor at 2 months post transplant, but even in my situation the donor didnt recover totally, despite its my first hair transplant.

Hopfully it will stil improving for both of us in the next 2_3 months.

Wish you all the best and happy growing.

Any update??

5 months and 1 week update:

A brief update during the first week of month 5, as shown in the photos below, a minor improvement in the transplanted area noticed, epecially the frontal and midscalp areas, while crown area is stil behind schedule, but according to some HT patients, it could require more time for the crown to be filled, eventhough Dr. Koray left part of the crown out of the procedure, for the finestraide to have its effect on hair regrowth.

Happy about the donor, despite its not being totally normal and some spaces exisits in the temporal and parietal areas.

Waiting for your comments and thoughts.

Its been 4.5 months since my surgery. Sorry for not updating my situation, since my wife gave birth last month and been so busy with work and life.

Regarding the transplant result, the good news that donor area improved almost close to the preoperative status.

The transplanted area is improving but stil far away from being acceptal, and cannot leave home without wearing a hat.

I will try to upload some photos at months 5

Just now, Gasthoerer said:

Are you back on Minox? Could be also shedding from stopping Minox. Especially as areas above you ears appear a littly patchy and there were no grafts taken from that area. 

No. I stopped using minoxidil 3 weeks before the surgery, and never get back to it. But since the beginning i wasnt applying minox at these area at all, so its not a cause.

56 days update.

Donor is still misrable, patchy and looks empty. Transplanted area is almost similar to others. Shedding has stopped 1 week ago. Also i have added biotin and msm to my regiemen hoping for a faster hair growth.

Waiting for everyone thoughts.

5 hours ago, Steeeve said:

Man, I think this looks great. I don’t think you should worry about it at all at this point. It looks normal at this early stage. I agree with Cosmo, you should see your donor growth come back in a few months. Congratulations!! Looking forward to your final result!

Thanks buddy.

I might really need to give it more time and keep away for the mirror for a while, until things getting better.

3 minutes ago, CosmoKramer said:

You’re welcome!

Possibly but to be honest Im more thinking it’s just traumatic shock loss that will regrow back with a little time. I saw a case on here a while back of a guy who had such really bad patchy shock loss it looked like Alopecia Areata but after a year it all grew back and his results looked fantastic, not sure if the case of on this forum or another but I do remember it.

OMG. 1 year is really very long time, i hope its not the case, and every thing will seems normal after 3-4 months.

But i agree with you that it looks different than the well defined patches of shock loss, its like a diffuse and irregular thinning of the donor, and thats why i am really worried at the moment.

A good news that they only use 600 grafts in the temporal areas, while the bad one that they used around 2000 grafts from the parietal regions. I have also contacted my coordinator and she said it looks normal and nothing to be worried about, even though i expect all answers to be the same from now on, since there is nothing to do.

Thanks mate, just another point, the density in the temporal and parietal areas were low in compared to the occipital part.

temporal: 56-57 fu/cm2

Parietal: 65-66 fu/cm2

occipital: 109 fu/cm2

Do you think it could be the reason?

Right and left side surgeries photos

A brief update.. Day 26

Since i am really worried and keep reading everywhere to check the problem i am experiencing at the moment or even since day 21, Temproal and parietal donor areas (sides above and slightly behind the ears) are empty and patchy, like if there is no growth in these areas at all. Never expect that problem before going to surgery, since i supposed to choose a good clinic i guess (hopefully i am right).

Anybody can help regarding this, is it overharvesting (donor depletion) or just a temporary shock loss?

Looks younger than what he was 8 years ago.🤔

Wow. Really amazing progress so far.

Can you show a photo for the crown?

17 minutes ago, fespafer said:

Thanks, considering where I came from, I'm more than happy. 

 

Totally agree.

What do you think about PRP treatment?

Is it worth it?

Exellent result with a reasonable number of grafts.

Congrats mate...

The consent form that i signed at Asmed before going through the surgery mentioned this point. The hair could grow later on after the tranplant with a color that could be different than the original hair. Also some of the top HT surgeons such as Juan Couto is showing some videos and patient results with some changes in the hair color after surgery.

51 minutes ago, jj51702 said:

Don’t worry about that opening. I’ve read if a graft is truly dislodged there will be lots of blood. Your grafts are totally imbedded into your scalp by this point. Even if u lost a single grsft like that it wouldn’t make any impact on final result overall

Thanks mate.

I can understand now why people are overreacting after HT, cause after all of what you get through during and after the surgery, you want everything to be prefect, even though its not the case most of the time.

Hoping that every thing will be perfect 6-12 months from now.

8 minutes ago, iamtheone654 said:

Did you have to take any fin before or after HT?

Yep,  just started with the procedure.

Quick update:

Day 11 post surgery:

I can say i am almost 90% scabs free, just by today, and its really stress relieving, since it was not an easy task to remove those scabs.

Also i was reading some articles mentioning that the longer scabs persists on your scalp, the higher chance for graft failure, especially after day 15, thats why i tried to rub harder today while washing and slightly use the finger tip to remove some resistant scabs. Unfortunately nothing come without a cost, i think i noticed a small dot in the midscalp area that could be injured with the wash, but i am fine with it. Hope it will not affect the final result.