Implant effect to surrounding hair

[jleve1974]

Hello All,

I'm pretty new to this site but from what I've read so far the info has been very informative.
I've been considering the FUE / FUT method for hair transplantation because I usually keep my hair pretty short in the back and was wondering if anyone would know the effects of implantation to the surrounding hairs.
I remember reading somewhere that sometimes the surrounding hair of the implanted one falls out due to shock. This is a concern for me because I have sparse thinning occurring and was thinking that the FUT method would be ideal for restoring some of it's fullness but not if it will be causing other hairs to fall out therefore making the area more bald than it was prior to the transplant. Can anyone shed some light on this?

For the record I've been on Propecia for about 10yrs which has worked out great to maintain the hair I still had but it's efficacy has started to dwindle in the past 2yrs leading to this conclusion.