Lots of bald spots during shedding phase

[Portugal]

Im at Week 6 and have shed quite a lot. I can see quite a few new hairs coming through but Im slightly concerned at the amount of completely bald spots with no sign of any follicles. Is this normal at this stage and nothing to worry about or should I be worried? You can by comparing week 2 picture to todays picture how many follicles there were before I started
shedding. 

[Walker Paper]

It's completely normal, don't worry, it will grow back

[YodaHead]

Very normal.

[zepruska]

This is what is usually referred to as the "ugly duckling" part of hair transplant recovery and happens in almost every case. It's alarming and frustrating but don't worry! They'll grow back 🙂

Edited March 27 by zepruska

[Shadman]

Don't worry, shedding phase is going on

[Portugal]

17 hours ago, zepruska said:

This is what is usually referred to as the "ugly duckling" part of hair transplant recovery and happens in almost every case. It's alarming and frustrating but don't worry! They'll grow back 🙂

Thanks for clarifying. I was expecting the shedding, but the thing that threw me was seeing only a few hairs growing back in quite sparsely rather than all of the transplanted hairs growing back in all at the same time

 

[Al - Moderator]

9 hours ago, Portugal said:

Thanks for clarifying. I was expecting the shedding, but the thing that threw me was seeing only a few hairs growing back in quite sparsely rather than all of the transplanted hairs growing back in all at the same time

 

 

New hair usually starts growing in at around the 3 month mark.

 

[SY7]

I am shedding at 4 week mark. Also not shed before but taking 5 mg oral minoxidil. I thought with OM you don’t shed? I am stressing a lot which will probably not be good either. Is This also normal om oral minoxidil that shedding starts at 4 weeks? Or shouldnt it shed at all?

[Gatsby]

When did you start oral minoxidil? This alone can cause a shed initially which is natural before it starts to help your hair. At four weeks you still have up to three months before you can expect your hair to kick in. Everything sounds fine.

[SY7]

Hi Gatsby,

 

Thanks for your response. Minoxidil I started taking months before the procedure, probably months or something. I didn’t experience a shedding the first 4 weeks but now I do. I’ve read that normally you don’t experience a shedding, or at least not too much, with oral minoxidil. I was a bit worried since my lifestyle wasnt that healthy the last couple of days with a lot of worrying😨. So I thought that might have been the reason for the shedding. I have been careful with washing and touching it etc. What do you think? Thanks again!!!

[SY7]

Months minoxidil should be around 10 or something. 

[Fue3361]

Lol, it'll only get worse over the next 3-4 weeks.  

[SY7]

Ohhh haha, allright, thanks.

[Portugal]

After 11 weeks would you expect to see more hair than this? It looks very sparse to me. I’ll put a photo of week 1 in the comments so you can see where the grafts were then.

[Portugal]

This was after 1 week 

[Al - Moderator]

6 hours ago, Portugal said:

 

After 11 weeks would you expect to see more hair than this? It looks very sparse to me.

No. That looks about right. You are just about hitting the 3 month point and that’s usually when the growth is just starting. 

[gillenator]

And keep in mind that the new growth is intermittent and does not all fill in at the same time however once you reach the 6-9 month mark, things begin to look much better…and it’s also why we continually state that it takes 12-15 months to really see the full visual effect.