SHOCK LOSS DELAY?

[CJS]

I have a question about shock loss. I received 1550 FUT with Limmer in San Antonio, on Dec. 2, 2005. From what I understood about shock loss, the surgery should have caused me to experience noticeable hair loss in the first few weeks, and then around month 4 or 5 I would start to see the grafts coming in and my original hair growing back. These are my 2 Questions. Why was it that a considerable number of my grafts(it seemed like at least half of them) never really fell out after the surgery, but NOW at month 5 post-op I am noticing that some of the grafts along the hairline and temporal areas are shedding? The grafts that never fell out after the surgery just seemed to keep growing(but slowly) Second question, when should you expect shock loss to occur, and when should you recover from it? I am getting a little nervous since I am at month 5 post op and am starting to see some slight shedding.

[CJS]

I have a question about shock loss. I received 1550 FUT with Limmer in San Antonio, on Dec. 2, 2005. From what I understood about shock loss, the surgery should have caused me to experience noticeable hair loss in the first few weeks, and then around month 4 or 5 I would start to see the grafts coming in and my original hair growing back. These are my 2 Questions. Why was it that a considerable number of my grafts(it seemed like at least half of them) never really fell out after the surgery, but NOW at month 5 post-op I am noticing that some of the grafts along the hairline and temporal areas are shedding? The grafts that never fell out after the surgery just seemed to keep growing(but slowly) Second question, when should you expect shock loss to occur, and when should you recover from it? I am getting a little nervous since I am at month 5 post op and am starting to see some slight shedding.

[hairbank]

CJS,

 

Shock loss due to HT normally occurs within the first few weeks of the procedure and can start coming back anywhere from 2-4 months. Now, depending on your situation, some shocked hair may not return. If you filled in around native hair, and that native hair was in the final stages of MPB, it's very possible it's gone for good. Only time will tell.

 

MOST people lose around 80% of the grafts the first few weeks. Everybody's different and it sounds like you were in the minority keeping so many. I kept more than average after my first HT also. The grafts shedding after 5 months I've not heard of..........maybe the new hair just now growing from the transplanted graft is starting to grow and just now pushing out the original HT hair??

 

If I were you I'd call the doc about the transplanted hair that just shed to see if he can provide a better explanation.

[CJS]

HAIRBANK,

 

Thanks for the info. Now that I had someone closely examine my scalp, it sounds like you might be right. The shedding seems to be follow by new very small hairs. Thanx. CJS