About a Week After I Banged My Head a Few Inches Below My Transplant, The Hair Started Falling Out

I had a hair transplant four years ago on both temple areas. It has been growing perfectly for four years. About two weeks ago the left temple area just on the hairline looked a bit thinner and showing more scalp, also there seemed to be a few gaps were a few strands of hair usually grow.

Three weeks ago however I banged my forehead on the corner of a table three inches just below the left temple, but NOT on it. Is there a chance that the impact, even though it wasn’t on the transplanted area could have still caused there to be less hairs growing and it of shocked the hairs to stopped growing indefinitely? The other temple is fine, to a certain extent the left one is, but It is sprouting a few less hairs than usual and making it look thinner. Any suggestions. Thanks NHI team.

All the hairs that grew after a hair transplant are now a permanent part of your own body. It is just like any other non-transplanted hair. It goes trough the same hair cycles, sheds at times, regrows, and will even turn grey over time.

Since it has been FOUR years since your hair transplant, I don’t think banging your forehead (well below the transplant area) should have any impact on your transplanted hairs. Maybe you are paying attention to a particular area now and noticing the change.