This is shock loss????

[omgmyhair13]

Hello everyone, how are you? I recently underwent a HT and I am very uncomfortable with my donor area, my doctor is Turkish, and does not speak my language much, and the translator does not explain well about shock loss or an excessive harvest, 1,500 follicles were removed, I have 4 weeks, do you hear an over-harvest? or is it a shock? when 6 months pass, for example, if I shave my hair, will these flaws look like I'm bald?

Please help me!

[BaldDude]

Yes could be shock loss. Which clinic did you go to?

[gillenator]

Only time will tell…it will take 4-6 months to see how much grows back.

[omgmyhair13]

in tcd clinic... 

It's been a nightmare I'm already sorry if it's to be like this failed in the back forever

[SeanT1]

Don't worry, it's definitely shock loss.
Plus 1500 grafts is no were near enough for over harvesting.

It WILL go back to normal in time.

Edited April 24, 2022 by SeanToman

[omgmyhair13]

@Seantoman Thanx for the repost man, do you have this too in your HT??? have photos?

[Melvin- Admin]

At 4 weeks it may be shock loss. But only time will tell. 

[MAIZE1694]

When people mention HT can bring about additional problems besides balding this is what they mean.

Any donor pics pre-surgery?

[BaldDude]

2 hours ago, omgmyhair13 said:

in tcd clinic... 

It's been a nightmare I'm already sorry if it's to be like this failed in the back forever

TCD clinic? Never heard of that 

[Gatsby]

2 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

At 4 weeks it may be shock loss. But only time will tell. 

This ^

[Nw7HPE]

Time will tell but my donor got better and better overtime . I am only three and a half month post op.

[SeanT1]

9 hours ago, omgmyhair13 said:

@Seantoman Thanx for the repost man, do you have this too in your HT??? have photos?

I was fairly bad with shockloss, more so on my crown.  Where I had hair it just disappeared after a transplant. 
It all grew back in time.
Access the situation at the 3 month mark.

[omgmyhair13]

omg  @SeanToman !!! the sock you see in 3 weeks after p.o????

and you donor area? you don't have?

[SeanT1]

Hi, yes I also had shock loss on the donor.

Here is the recovery over two months.

Edited April 25, 2022 by SeanToman

[omgmyhair13]

@seantoman wowww, this first photo is how many time after you have operation?

[SeanT1]

Just now, omgmyhair13 said:

@seantoman wowww, this first photo is how many time after you have operation?

4 weeks sir.

[omgmyhair13]

Hello friends, today I went to another clinic to ask for a second opinion, since I'm Brazilian, 
and I was operated on in Brazil by a Turkish doctor who doesn't speak my language lol.. 
I'm still very shaken by these flaws in my hair, today I complete 1 month after the operation, the 2nd doctor told me that only time will tell if it was really deforestation.. this photo is in a darker place and doesn't show up as much... 
any more opinions about it? The doctor also didn't make a densification on the front as I would like,
I'm very uncomfortable with the procedure because I'm not having the necessary respawn from the clinic, what would you do in my opinion? ask for money back? judicial process? I'm still thinking that this part is not a shock loss but a devastation :(

[omgmyhair13]

@SeanTomanlooks great, but I see you shock loss in donor area is so much less than mine

[SeanT1]

7 hours ago, omgmyhair13 said:

@SeanTomanlooks great, but I see you shock loss in donor area is so much less than mine

Hi, I would respectfully disagree, based on your images.

There is barely any contrast between my hair & skin after the shock loss I experienced in the donor.
You can also see bigger patches of shock loss on my donor.

Edited April 26, 2022 by SeanToman

[omgmyhair13]

Update

1 month 

[Rahal Hair Transplant]

Omgmyhair13,

It’s very likely that you are experiencing shock loss by the pictures you’ve presented. At only four weeks postop, this is very common so I wouldn’t be alarmed. At only 1500 grafts, I wouldn’t think that your donor has been over harvested either.

Shock loss is a fancy term for telogen effluvium, a temporary hair loss condition that is typically caused by some kind of stressor. In this case, the trauma related to surgery is the stressor.  Shock loss typically occurs 4 to 10 weeks after hair restoration surgery and begins to grow back between 5 to 6 months and can take up to a year to fully return.

At this point you are early on in the healing and growth process so I recommend sharing your monthly photos on this forum and we can help you keep track of your progress.

Best wishes,

Rahal Hair Transplant 

[Britanium]

Definitely looks like shock loss to me, give it some months to recover ! 

[gillenator]

Shocked hair follicles retreat into the resting phase where they remain for approximately 3-4 months and then they enter a new growth phase...of course some cycle a little sooner, some a little later.

[omgmyhair13]

@Rahal Hair Transplant thankx for you coment, do you think has a chance this is it overharvesting? I see much cases in web peoples like me and after six months javé the same effects

[omgmyhair13]

@J.A.Chave chance for this is overharvesting?