Hair grafts for a thin crown area

[Still-Researching]

Hi Still-researching, thanks for the info. So you're saying you can permanently lose terminal hairs from shock loss too ?

Also, if the terminal hair grows back after shock loss, does it come back thinner due to DHT ?

Yes, you can permanently lose healthy hairs too - it can happen in both donor and recipient area, however in most cases the hairs grow back, and believe they would not be thinner. You limit such risk by choosing a skilled doctor and discuss such risks when you design hairlines or placement in mid/crown area.

Above should more be seen as another reason to think hard before asking to place grafts in areas where there are already some density of healthy hairs, it is a bet on that the trauma from the HT will not damage these hairs. You can place hairs up close to the receding hairline, but all around other hairs - is a bet...

When I had my HT a month ago - we discussed this specifically, as I have an "island" like of hair in the hairline and the doc said that the "bridge" in the forelock behind my hairline has some density, however these hairs would not be able to survive a HT - so we had to place more grafts there, but the island would survive - we will see in 12 months :-)