sea of possibilities

Given their length and texture, as described above, they grew a few months after the transplant. If they are indeed transplanted hairs, they fell when they were supposed to (a few weeks after the procedure), because the edge is thin, unlike the edge of transplanted hair at day 1. Obviously I can't be 100% sure about it but my native miniaturized hair don't look like that, this coarse look is very much alike the newly grown transplanted hairs I've had.

The pictures are just indicative and I was just wondering if anyone's ever experienced a re-shed and if this is something I should worry about.

I had an FUT procedure and I had it done in Greece.

It is said that if the follicle roots are touched when placed this results in a distortion of the hair texture, but in time (max 2 years) they texture comes back to normal.

I am wondering if this wild character of the hairs led to their re-shedding so that they possibly grow back with a more natural texture.

Also worried about a probably inadequate blood supply which could lead to the grafts dying off...

Hello,

It's been 9 months since my 4th HT. It was intended to be a thickening procedure in the forelock and midscalp, but I'm not satisfied with the results. I have shed a lot of transplanted, fully-grown hair from previous HTs so I can't tell a difference.

While combing, I noticed those two really peculiar hairs falling off which made me wonder: is it possible that some transplanted hair might re-shed after a while? If so, will they sprout again? Has anyone noticed something similar?

I know the quality of the pics below is really poor; the edges are extremely thin, the "body" of the hair is rough, curly and "kinky" (my regular/native hair are straight) and the part near the root is wiry, even more kinky and weak.

I have also been using a laser helmet for the past two months. Could this play a part in anything?

Any insights are more than welcome.

Hello.

For the last months ketoconazole hasn't been having any effect on my seborrhoeic dermatitis. I switched to another brand (sls free) but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

This is bad news for me since interrupting it led to my losing a lot of hair and it generally had great results with both s.d. and maintaining my hair back in the day.

I decided to use another pharmaceutical shampoo so as to cleanse the scalp first from all the sebum and then try afresh with keto. My question is, will keto have the "dht-blocking" effect it once used to afterwards?

Has this ever happened to anyone? Any suggestions please?

I'm not sure about the post that said "you'll definitely have shock loss" and that those would prevent it. I didn't have any noticeable shock loss. I'm assuming that you are aware of the possibility of temporarily losing some more hair after starting either of these non-surgical solutions?

my bad.

you will most probably have some shock loss, minor or major.

given that you have your hair transplant in an area that still has natural hair, and not a completely bald one.

i still blame myself for not using minoxidil and finasteride after my hair transplants, and i'm going to start on finasteride really soon, even if it is for the first time (already on minox now).

there will definitely be some shock loss and medication is the way to prevent it.

hello all,

has anybody tried any homeopathy treatments? any results?

thanks

hello.

I am having the same experience as well with a few newly transplanted hairs, as I am in the 6th month post op, just like you.

Some of them were thin, short, 'fine', and they just had sprouted in an area that formerly was bald, some of them were strong, rough and curly, just like if they had continued growing since the transplant.

I am worried too about if the grafts have been rejected or whatever, but i think they will grow back.

However, I personally think 10-30 transplanted hair are too much to shed daily, if that's what you meant.

She said that is how my hair cycle would have been set up and the grafts that have dislodged now will grow back after 12-18 months.

keep us informed,

best wishes

from hassonandwong.com:

During this time the patient may also notice the formation of an acne like condition in the recipient area. This is normal and is only some of the new hairs trying to grow through the scalp. Sometimes these can become temporarily trapped under the skin like an ingrown hair but the condition is temporary. This is a positive sign of new growth!

 

 

I say have your doctor pop them, or if you do it yourself (if the thing is edgy), make sure you do it in a sterilized way (handkerchief and betadine).

above all, make sure you don't abuse the area. and no nails at all! be gentle.

I have.

He told me to be patient and not to worry as he didn't go too far with the thickening as to damage the pre-existing grafts. He said it happens, rarely but it does, and that the hair will grow out again.

I say seeing is believing :\

hello gillenator,

to answer your questions:

-the second transplant was 3 years ago.

-I don't use any medication for hair loss, neither did before the last ht. it's been years since i last used minoxidil, even before my first ht.

-I haven't used pharmaceutical shampoos either, besides stieprox (when dandruff appears), which i have been using for years and hasn't caused me any trouble.

-no, i don't take any other medication of any kind. i think i was on ssris when i had the third ht but am not sure, if this is the case I stopped them not long after the HT (and currently I consider starting them up again...).

-all three of my HTs were FUT

i don't think any pics would help, because the only pre-op pics I got are my previous hairline and this thing is in my midscalp and generally the area after the hairline.

As far as I have noticed, dermatologist don't have special experience on HTs.

Besides, is it really a matter of MPB this one? Because what's shedding is transplanted hair, which is hair from the donor area, and my donor area is fine as far as i can see (meaning that i don't have diffuse thinning).

I think my last HT is going ok, but my serious concern is the previous HTs fully grown hair that is shedding.

You also stated that the resason for the current procedure was to thicken things up because of the last procedure was miniturizing? In other words, your former work was looking visually thinning? Same thing as FDR

just thickening and widening the hairline

prior HT can be subject to shockloss yet should also be growing back

that is very good to hear, my doctor also told me today but 6 months and still having shock loss on transplanted hair? shouldn't it have happened before?

You are probably aware that the blood supply to the same recipient area has been compromised from your prior 2 procedures but still, I would think that you would be seeing something coming through at this point

I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand that

so, will they grow again? the doctor told me he didn't go too far with the thickening as to damage the pre-existing hair but this thing is going on..

ps: I can't find FollicleDeathRow on member search

hello again..

can someone please tell me how long is a normal/expected seasonal shedding period?

i think it's been three months since it started and i find that too much.

HT number 3 was done almost six months ago.

I think I have very little native hair and it's not these I'm that concerned about, otherwise I would have chosen the meds. It's the transplanted, fully grown, from the previous transplants that makes me worried.

Just read the thread on seasonal shedding and I have to say a big thank you. Maybe it's a delayed trigger to seasonal shedding from the last transplant or something, as this is going on for at least a month.

Although I recall that there was a serious thinning in my transplanted area at the time when I had the third operation. Any thoughts on this case?

could you elaborate on "seasonal shedding"? is it about transplanted hair?

I was always told that these hair never shed, however i had been noticing one or two shedding now and then. for sure no amount that would worry me. that was before my third transplant.

What's for sure is that I am noticing thinning in the midscalp and generally the area behind the hairline.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pics besides those of my hairline, which is irrelavant I suppose.

I did not use propecia or mino because after 3 transplants of 3000 grafts each and at the same time not having a problem with my crown (which is the only area with no transplanted hair) I was hoping this would be over

hello guys.

this is hell, seriously.

how can it be possible that i am losing hair from transplants 3 and four years old? i am close to 6 months and i had a thickening transplant, instead of it i am thinning in an area that has almost no native hair. i can see from the texture that they are transplanted hair.

it's driving me to the mental hospital...

hello,

after the surgery, the people at the clinic told me to buy from them a lotion consisted of ''enzymes''. also, pills that are said to be supplements of vitamin b and e containing a multiple amount of the daily suggested dosage of these, and a shampoo.

the thing is not only that none of them is working, even at the minimum, but i think they also harm the situation on my scalp. i avoided taking the vitamins for a long time now, haven't felt the slightest improvement from the shampoo, and that which worries me the most: applying the lotion today i saw two transplanted hair on my fingers [i am definite they were transplanted because it was a bald area before].

i will stop all of these for sure. you know how it goes with the drug and cosmetic business.

but, first of all, how could these people ruin their own job? besides stupid, it's a shame.

secondly, should i be worried about the hair that was shed because of this damned lotion? considering that transplanted hair never shed once they sprout, it's kind of scary.

thank you

hi all,

I am deeply disappointed. almost 5 months ago I had a third transplant and I was hoping I would get finished with this thing. it's not that i don't see any difference at all, i had my temples filled, which were completely bald.

however, i also had some thickening done in the midscalp.

i thought that what was left in the middle of my scalp was only transplanted hair, and it really worries me that I see some thinning there instead of an improvement.

my question is: can transplanted grafts from a previous session get dislodged? could it be a matter of shock loss?

hey there.

i won't stress it further as there's no reason to, it doesn't feel like a pimple now.

there was some blood which was more than the usual, but there was no serious bleeding i guess.

hello all,

it's been ten weeks after my last transplant procedure

i know that it's expected to have some pimples in the transplanted area, and i also know that after the first two weeks the grafts are stable and can't get dislodged. in theory.

yesterday i noticed a pimple in the recipient area and i squeezed it out, as i was told to do. usually i see a little blood coming out or a certain water-like fluid.

but in that case, i noticed, along with blood, smegma and a four-hair graft which obviously was not shed before.

the question is.. is it possible that i dislodged the graft along with that four-hair ''bundle''? in case it wasn't stable or put right in there. i can't seem to tell if it was just smegma or the graft as well, and i haven't seen a four-hair coming out ever before.

thank you

some unethical guy in greece

hi all

next week i'm visiting a second plastic surgeon to discuss about hair multiplication and laser methods for hair retrieval. that is after two hair transplants with unsatisfactory results, the purpose of which was thickening but ended up with all of my existing natural hair fall off.

anything i should have in mind?

hi there

I have had 2 hair transplants, both in the frontal area of my scalp. It's been almost 12 months since the second, and I think my forehead got bigger after having it (the second), even though new hair was put in the frontline then, too.

So, I was wondering, can this have to do anything with the doctor straining the upper side of the scalp skin downwards to tie it with the lower one after cutting off the donor area?

Is this related in any way with the new hair being still rough and "tight", not softened (this happens about 18 months after the transplant, right?)?

thank you

oh, come on.

when i say "blanky" i mean the skin being obviously without hair among the grafts, blank. white. without hair at all.

hi guys.

having had noticed how my hair in the transplanted (frontal) area look like when wet, I wonder if there's any way of making it appear less "blanky" among the grafts, when going for a swim for example.

any ideas?

thanks

hi guys.

having had noticed how my hair in the transplanted (frontal) area look like when wet, I wonder if there's any way of making it appear less "blanky" among the grafts, when going for a swim for example.

any ideas?

thanks