Graft loss 2 months post-FUE operation?

[DimitrisG]

Hello everyone, 

I am nearly two months post-FUE transplant and most of my transplanted hair seems to have fallen off. I am slowly seeing some regrowth, potentially including some hair that I may have lost due to shock loss. 

I can probably distinguish hair lost that comes with the bulb attached to it, to a loss of hair with some additional structure, eg some root sheath. 

What I have noticed recently is that a couple of thick grafts (potentially) have fallen off the frontal area of my scalp with more than just a bulb. This hair loss came with a structure joining more than one hair with it, typically 2 or more. Please see the photo attached. 

Can someone lose an entire graft 2 months post operation? Or am I confusing this with something else which is part of the follicle itself? 

Thank you for the help. 

 

 

 

[gillenator]

Well that does appear to be a lost graft showing the base dried up...it may be a transected graft that did not survive.

[gillenator]

Hopefully you have not lost any more like this.

[gillenator]

Was wondering what your surgeon had to say about this?

[DimitrisG]

Thanks for your reply. 

 

They actually say that this is nothing to worry about and hair loss can occur at times with some of the hair root sheath or a telogen hair bulb.. 

 

Not sure to be honest. I have only noticed a couple of those falling with such significant structure. Most hairloss was simply in the form of a hair shaft itself. 

[Britanium]

2 minutes ago, DimitrisG said:

Thanks for your reply. 

 

They actually say that this is nothing to worry about and hair loss can occur at times with some of the hair root sheath or a telogen hair bulb.. 

 

Not sure to be honest. I have only noticed a couple of those falling with such significant structure. Most hairloss was simply in the form of a hair shaft itself. 

How many grafts did you have in total ? The odd one or two like the above won’t make any difference on the final result. 

[Samuel90]

Isn't this just a typical shed hair from a transplant? It looks exactly like a typical shedded graft before it regrows. It could have just been logged in your scalp if you were too gentle and it hung around a little longer. 

[DrTBarghouthi]

I wouldn’t worry about that. It could be simply a delayed graft shedding or a hair follicle that did not survive or even one that  is growing but went into a resting stage quite late. Hard to tell but I wouldn’t worry about it if the odd ones are like that. 

[gillenator]

Hopefully no more.