Post-hair transplant hair loss, shock loss

This is an example of a young man who had a hair transplant in the first one inch of the frontal area and in the crown of his head. His hairline was perfectly restored and he loved it. During the year following the hair transplant, the hair that he had behind the hairline, which was strong before the transplant, fell out.  This is not uncommon in young men as loss of the native hair in a person who has a hair transplant happens as the hair loss process seems to accelerate in men in their 20s following a hair transplant. This man was classified as a Class 3 Vertex pattern of hair loss (frontal loss and crown loss) so we fixed what he wanted fixed.  Then, as hair loss is progressive, he lost the rest of the hair behind the hairline as shown in the photo below. He will now have one more hair transplant to fill in this area.  This is the photo taken on the day of this second hair transplant to show the extend of the hair loss he had in just a year.