Query on Shedding.

[Travis1]

Dear all,

 

What happens when shedding of transplanted hairs happen? Are we back to square one?

 

I noticed that a member has encountered shedding (Hair Restoration Journal -Day 31), however he has encountered positive results at the end of the year.

 

Can I safely say that HT is 100% successful eventhough there is a visual appearance of shedding? Or is this the inherent risk involved?

[Dutch]

Hello, shedding is a normal part of the whole process- nothing to be worried about. It usually occurs between weeks 2-6 or at least that's when I had most of the shedding.

It's called 'the ugly duckling phase' for a reason!

Every surgery has risks of course, a HT is a fairly simple operation in the hands of an experienced surgeon anyway. It would be successful and the shedding is not an indication of what it will look like a year later.