HT killed all my native hair for good?!?

[jamesst11]

I have been so confused for over a year now and no one seems able to explain this to me, not even my HT surgeon.
I was a dumb a*s and jumped the gun and got a HT way too soon. 900 grafts into an area that already had a good amount of hair. Well it's a year and a half later and I swear to you, all my native hair in that area is gone. Under high magnification I see little vellous sprouts where the hairs used to be.

my question is this: Given that those hairs died off within the last year, is there a better chance that starting fin now may bring some of them back? (started a week ago) OR Are they damaged follicles from a poor HT that will never mature?

I am left with one temple consisting of transplanted hairs spaced too far apart. I feel like I look effin weird and I hate this! No, pics don't do it justice, but you can trust me, it's horrible.