I Started Shedding 9 Days After a Hair Transplant

Doctor,

After 9 days I’ve begun shedding. Is this too early? I’m really worried.. All I can say is I’ve been relaxing in my hotel with air conditioning would that of helped ‘dry up’ and speed the process up?

10 days after my hair transplant, the scabs have formed and are flaking off, however, I’m noticing some hair inside the flake! I thought shedding occurred 2 weeks after op?

Thank you doctor great website!

I am not sure what you mean by shedding. If you are talking about the grafts falling out with hair in them at 9 days, that is typical and should be of no concern. Although we call this a hair transplant, it is really a stem cell transplant and that the stem cells shed off of the graft into the recipient site. At the point when the grafts are routinely shed, the stem cells already are secure in the recipient area, even though most of the grafts have fallen out. Then comes the dormant phase, followed by hair growth some months down the line.

If you are saying that the native hair around the transplanted grafts in the recipient area are shedding, then I would be concerned. I routinely put my young male surgical patients on finasteride (as well as anyone actively losing hair) prior to the hair transplant to prevent this type of shedding, also referred to as shock loss.