Question:
I had a transplant about two weeks ago. The transplanted hairs should have shed but they haven’t yet. Does this mean they won’t and is this normal?

Answer:
In most cases shedding or shock loss would occur from one to four weeks after the hair transplantation procedure. Typically, 95% to 98% of the transplanted hairs will shed in the first one to four weeks.

On occasion, however, we do have a patient who experiences very little shock loss and the transplanted hairs just start growing from the day of the procedure. This is very unusual and it is really more a bonus when this happens because the patient will not have to experience the three to four month wait before the new hairs start to grow.

I would say this is not certainly normal but does occur and is more of a lucky break for the patient than anything else.

Posted by: Dr. Charles