Shock Loss or Over Harvesting?

[Shivers]

Hey all,

I had my hair transplant 2.5 month's ago. I'm quite worried that my doner area has been over harvested. I feel nautious at the thought of my hair staying like this at the sides. Has anyone had any similar experiences?

Thanks

[James NW3Vortex]

Hm yeah that doesn't look optimal, but without a 'before' photo we don't know the difference.
Have you sent this image to your doctor to ask him his thoughts on it?

[Shivers]

This is the only picture I could find pre op, I had to screenshot it from the website. As you can see I had really thick doner hair.

I spoke to the doctor about it and the only advice he gave me was to take oral and topical medications.

[Sean]

It looks concerning but it has only been 2.5 months. Give it like 7 months. After that, it can be either shockloss or overharvesting. Right now the area is probably still healing. Best of luck!

[Spex]

Hi there,

Really don't worry too much as its not uncommon to get shock loss in the donor region too. Give it literally a couple more months and you'll likely be back on tract once hair has had change to cycle back through.

I experienced I believe to date the worst case of FUE shock loss recorded on the Internet... Thats some achievement hey ! Search Spex donor FUE shock loss and you'll see it wasn't pretty.

Grow well !

Regards
Spex

[Shivers]

Cheers guys, I'll wait it out. It's all I seem to be doing anyway. For a person who likes having instant results, this hair transplant progress has been long and torturous haha!

[Spex]

Its tough no doubt. Ive got a topic and video on growth times on here so have a look as it might help put things into perspective for you.

Regards
Spex

[Shivers]

Thanks Spex. I'll check that out.

[Spex]

No worries man
Regards
SPEX

[Ozil1985]

Hey guys I've got what appears to be bad shock loss on my sides and it's 3 weeks post fue in Istanbul. The area is still sore and feels like the skin is pinching alot. Normal Or am I screwed?

[Shivers]

Can you post a photo? 3 weeks is way too early to tell. What I can tell you is that might donor area has healed A LOT since posting the above photo. I got my hands on 100% argan oil which has helped speed up the healing process significantly.

[Ozil1985]

Annoyingly I don't know how to post pictures.. it asks for a URL. Mine looks very similar to yours tbh maybe a tiny bit worse. Sounds like I'll be ok but have to wait a few months for all the healing to finish. Donor area is still tender interestingly in the places where I think I have shock loss.

[Shivers]

My donor area was tender for almost 6 weeks. The first couple of month's are the worst. Some advice would be not too focus on your hair so much. I was constantly looking in the mirror and taking photos every few days to see if things were healing and became really frustrated when I couldn't see any difference. Things will certainly get better over the next few weeks so don't worry about it.