SHOCKLOSS IN DONOR

[SADbutTRUE]

How common is this in fut or fue surgery, what causes it? this is something I always wondered about but never asked? does it ALWAYS grow back ?, just thinking outloud, any input from patient reps or patients ?

 

[garageland]

Good question, shock loss around the donor on fut is usually caused by tension in the donor closure or a difficult closure, It happens in about 10% of patients I see and on every time I have had it reported to me it has grown back including my own experience as I had a tight scalp.

Sure enough around 4-5 months it is back it is quite alarming at the time it happens.

As for shock loss of the recipient area again that down to trauma of the area how dense you pack those grafts, what size blade or needle you use. I see very little shock of the recipient area as we ask our patients to shave this area when making the incisions. There is a chance that if the hair is very weak and miniaturized it could be susceptible to permanent shock, these hairs are unlikely providing you with much of a cosmetic benefit though to begin with.

 

[SADbutTRUE]

thanks for the response garageland.

 

[Bigmac]

I also suffered some shock loss around my donor scar, only noticeable when my hair was short, once it grew sufficiently it was easily covered.
It all grew back around around 4 months post op.

 

[SADbutTRUE]

thnks for responding bigmac

 

[kamalmalik]

from what I read and as explained well by garageland, even though you experience shock loss, it is only temporary. You should see hair growth in a few weeks.

 

[mitchellthesuper]

Thanks for the info Garageland. What about FUE? How common is it after FUE procedures?

 

[Rahalhairtransplant]

Hair transplant shock loss is when physical trauma done to the transplanted hairs causes them to shed from the recipient or donor area after a transplant. The trauma to the hair is caused by the very tools and chemicals that are used to perform the transplant. It can happen no matter what method of hair transplant is being performed by the doctor.
There is no way to predict if you will be subject to shock loss after a hair transplant before the procedure occurs. This is due to the fact that how your doctor performs your hair transplant has a greatest effect on whether you will experience it or not.
The chance of shock loss after a hair transplant increases if your doctor has no respect for the hair angle when making the incision sites, packs the transplanted hair too densely or if the hairs are fragile and in the end of the anagen cycle.

 

[mengmeng83]

What are the chances of it not growing back?

 

[cosmeticw2]

Good question, how commen is shock loss after FUE?

 

[telula]

Does shock loss ever occur years after a hair transplant?

 

[JoeTillman]

telula wrote:

Does shock loss ever occur years after a hair transplant?

No. Any loss "years" after surgery is a continuation of natural hair loss.

 

[telula]

Finasteride mustn't be as effectiveness on me now. Can you recomend an alternative?

 

[JoeTillman]

Finasteride doesn't lose it's effectiveness. If you're still losing then it wasn't 100% effective to begin with, which is not unusual. But let me ask, are you losing in the donor area or on the top/front/crown?

 

[telula]

My hair is thinning in both. Finasteride has always worked on me, my hair improved when I start using it. I've read lots of patient accounts who claim it loses its effectiveness over time, could this be the case? If not, maybe I've purchased a fake batch!