I'm 10 weeks post-op (71 days) and my hair is as thin as it has ever been. Hopefully it starts to turn around soon. I may have asked before, but I don't recall if there was an answer given to, "when will the hair recover when/if it will from the shock-loss?"

Thanks

Chris

resting phase is +/- 100 days...provided the follices werent transsected or going to shed and not return anyway....

At 10 weeks you're probably through the worst of it. It'll get better from now on.

dhuge, I know what you mean. My surgery was 2-1-06. I have had tons of shock loss as well, I think some is starting to regrow, but think it will be several more months before I can tell. Man the waiting sucks!

Just curious, where are you on the Norwood scale and where did you have you grafts placed?

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Just curious, where are you on the Norwood scale and where did you have you grafts placed?

Just use the search feature.

dhuge67...
I understand exactly what you are going through, it's pretty scary! My drain got clogged in the shower at about 2 weeks after my HT with all the hair I lost. It was thinner than it's ever was but at 14 weeks post HT the hair I lost is coming back in again, thank Goodness! Keep the faith!

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dhuge67...
I understand exactly what you are going through, it's pretty scary! My drain got clogged in the shower at about 2 weeks after my HT with all the hair I lost. It was thinner than it's ever was but at 14 weeks post HT the hair I lost is coming back in again, thank Goodness! Keep the faith!

Hey, thanks!

You know, i'm not experiencing "shower-drain clogging" shock-loss by any means, but it is just thinner than it was before the surgery. Hopefully it starts to return in the coming weeks. :/

Shock loss sucks! No doubt about it. Shocked hair should start coming back by months 3-4 but obviously takes a little time before you see a noticeable difference. Too bad there's no real way to speed up the recovery and growth phase . Hang in there............I'm in the same boat!

I remember that dreaded period of time too, after my last Ht was noticeable thinner for the first couple of months and got a lot of shock loss due to the dense packing. I think if you get dense packed and you had existing hair(previous HT hair in my case) you will notice some shock loss. But I remember around month 3 it started looking like it was pre HT and then it was all good stuff from there on out! So, you have to keep telling yourself like I did that in a few months it'll all be worth it and was definitely the case! I love my new hair and cannot wait to get the rest of the midscalp and crown done in June. I know I might experience some more of the same shock loss but not as bad since there isn''t much hair in my small crown bald spot I am getting work done too.

What is the latest time that you can experience shock loss?

One day before surgery.

You can experience it as early as 2 weeks but I don't know why you'd have any after 4 weeks. Just my guess. If it's coming back, it should start growing around the 2-3 month mark though I've seen posters say it took up to 4 months. I had some and am just over 2 months but most seems to have started growing back by now.

If you have recently started Propecia, you could be experiencing a shed related to this which will recycle and come back. Just have to wait and see.

Thank you for the info.