We do know that for a few patients, these permanent hairs may not be permanent after all. We don’t understand what you are reporting, but I would suggest that you see your surgeon and ask him/her to look at the donor area microscopically and see if those hairs are miniaturizing. If the donor areas have miniaturized […]
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I’m trying to determine if I lost any grafts after a recent FUE. I was extremely gentle and did not touch the grafts until day 5 when I was instructed to use moderate pressure and rub at the crusts to remove them. Some of the spots, especially near the hairline and temples were still acutely […]
There are many patients who undergo hair transplant surgery in their 20’s and 30’s that still have a full head of transplanted hair in their 50’s. There is a small minority of patients who were never properly diagnosed and perhaps do not have genetic androgenic alopecia, but rather have another type of balding (such as […]
I cannot say what is going on without examining you in person. How would you know if the hairs you are losing are the transplanted hairs or native hairs? Or maybe transplanted hairs (like regular non-balding hairs) are going through their natural hair cycle of shedding before regrowing. I really cannot say. At 8 months, […]
As a former patient, I feel compelled to answer your question. There are rare cases where transplanted hair is lost over time. On the few times I have seen it, I really do not have an explanation. It is possible that you could have a telogen effluvium or a more diffuse type of hair. Your […]
I have seen what you described before, but there could be many reasons why you have this happening. I don’t know much about you (I’m limited to your single email) and I need to learn more. When we say that hair transplants that come from the fringe area around the head are permanent, we mean […]
By your description it may be that you are losing some grafts. I would ask to see the doctor who performed your surgery and have that doctor address your concerns. Some people might lose a graft or two, but this has been unusual in our practice because we are obsessive about proper instructions for the […]
We all worry about losing hair grafts after the surgery and that is the basis of your question. It is an important question; so important that NHI did a major study on the subject and the best answer to this question is for you to read our article on this subject — Graft Anchoring in […]
These are the questions you should be asking your doctor. At a month, I am certain that the grafts are secure and that what you are seeing is the failure to achieve good hygene. Washing your hair is critical and these flakes that you see are now just shedding skin. You need to see or […]
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 […]
After the first day (the first few hours by the time you get home) your newly transplanted grafts will have set in and they should not dislodge. If you see something that looks like the pictures on this page, then it is a graft. It would be highly unlikely for these to come out after […]
I have a few questions about getting a hair transplant as a 26 year old. Before I get the “just go bald” comments, I’m not gonna do that, so save your breathe. Call me vain or whatever. Anyway, I’m currently on finasteride, but I started after my temples had already receded and my hairline is […]
I was wondering, I looked at a post on newhair.com about two post operative examples where they had minimal to no scabbing/crusts. After my hair transplant I was instructed to wait 24 hours before washing, I washed gently by pouring baby shampoo mixed with water over my head. I did this daily. Now at 8 […]
Comment: I have spoken out many times about the ethics of doing hair transplants in patients like the one discussed above as well as many others. Had PAUL not come to see me, he would certainly have chosen to undergo a follicular unit extraction (FUE) procedure because he was committed to it. No selling was […]
I will say every surgery is different and the hairs will probably fall out eventually, especially when the new hairs grow in. It’s not “normal” to have them stay in your head. Even if it does (or doesn’t) fall out, the success of the surgery is still not related to the initial hairs falling out. […]