jules

I have been reading what many of you have posted on shock loss - what I am defining as loss of non-transplanted hair after surgery. I am not your typical candidate for HT. I am a 25 year old female who had 750 grafts transplanted to an area of patchy hair loss that was lost 14 years ago. The graft hairs shed after just two weeks, which my doctor predicted. Now, I am quite frightened as I have noticed shock loss close to the graft area during week 7. I currently have less hair that I did before the surgery. Shock loss seems to happen to some of us and is not completely understood. I do not think that I believe in the theory that these hairs would have been otherwise lost because I have not experienced hair loss in 14 years. I will start using Minox tomorrow and will hope for the best! I welcome and further thoughts or theories on shock loss.

I have been reading what many of you have posted on shock loss - what I am defining as loss of non-transplanted hair after surgery. I am not your typical candidate for HT. I am a 25 year old female who had 750 grafts transplanted to an area of patchy hair loss that was lost 14 years ago. The graft hairs shed after just two weeks, which my doctor predicted. Now, I am quite frightened as I have noticed shock loss close to the graft area during week 7. I currently have less hair that I did before the surgery. Shock loss seems to happen to some of us and is not completely understood. I do not think that I believe in the theory that these hairs would have been otherwise lost because I have not experienced hair loss in 14 years. I will start using Minox tomorrow and will hope for the best! I welcome and further thoughts or theories on shock loss.