I Had a Hair Transplant and Now My New Doctor Says I Have Alopecia Areata

I am a 58 year old female who had hair restoration done 18 months ago on my receeding hairline (1500 grafts). I have just learned from a derm. who specializes in hair loss and restoration that I now have alopecia areata. (This new derm. was not the doctor who peformed the original hair transplant. I went to this new Derm. b/c I wanted to know why my hair was still thinning. He took 3 scalp biopsies which confirmed areata.

Now in the temple area where I had the transplant every once in a while I get numbness and a burning sensation. Would this be possible nerve damage from the hair transplant. Just want a second option and thoughts. This new derm seems to think it is something to do with the transplant. By the way it took 3 derms to figure out what I had. The last derm. is great and is treating me right now. Your thoughts.

Second opinions are impossible to do over the internet through this blog. In general, I would want to know the following:

1. Could you have had alopecia areata when you had your transplant?
2. Did you lose transplanted hair in the areas of alopecia areata?

Any time a person has recipient sites in the scalp, small cutaneous nerves are injured. I would have to know more about your nerve problem. Good luck!