What proportion of shed is normal?

[MaximumMM]

Hello!

I can't find a good answer to this. What percentage of the transplanted hairs normally shed? And does it matter? Cheers!

[BackFromTheBrink]

Most of them, I'd say 80-90 percent.

 

It doesn't affect the outcome in any way. 

[MaximumMM]

1 hour ago, BackFromTheBrink said:

Most of them, I'd say 80-90 percent.

 

It doesn't affect the outcome in any way. 

Right, thanks. I still seem to have around 60% of mine after 37 days, but I guess they'll continue to shed. 

[BackFromTheBrink]

Generally I think after 2 months you'll keep what you're left with.

Theres the lucky fabled 5% who don't shed though I've never seen any cases where that's the case. 

It's entirely possible you've done your shedding, but the only way to know is through being patient 😊

[Bucky O Hair]

I'm curious to know what proportion of shed generally happens when your scabs come off versus the amount comes off during that 4-8 week period postop.  

[gillenator]

What we do know for sure is that all living hair follicles cycle between phases so eventually the shedding of the grafts occurs when the underlying transplanted hair follicles go into their respective resting/dormant phase…this occurs intermittently some sooner, some later, but it will eventually happen…the main reason why most of the transplanted hair follicles go dormant is because of how they are responding to trauma and the fact that their corresponding blood supply is interrupted.

[Turkhair]

I shed almost all by month 3. I think this is normal

[mister_25]

I would say that it differs for everyone. In my case, I didn’t start shedding until around day 25 and by day 35 I had shedded almost all my front hair including native. About 95%+ of my entire frontal third has shedded. Whilst the crown was 100%

[gillenator]

Sounds like the norm to me.