Hair Loss Around Donor Scar After Hair Transplant

Dear Dr. Droctor,
I am 3 weeks out of a hair transplant and just experienced a telogen effluvium episode(shock loss) on the area surounding the scar on one side of my head. The affected area is about 2-3 square inches. Have you ever heard of such post traumatic patchy hairloss? is this common? and is all the hair automatically back after a while? same thickness?
For this particular case, would you suggest a treatment?

Thanks in advance for your answer… I’m a little bit worry.

You should ask your doctor first. Hair loss after a transplant in balding men in the recipient area is often not reversible, but if it happens in the donor area it will frequently return in 2-5 months. Good before and after pictures will help make the assessment for the recipient area. If you are young man (under 35), then you should have been on Propecia which does protect against the hair loss induced from surgery in the recipient area.

I am assuming that what you are talking about is hair loss around the donor wound. When this occurs, it is often the result of wound tightness with the surgical closure, but it can happen to almost anyone. You must wait out a period of between 2-7 months before you will know. Returning hair growth may occur over a long period of time.