My new hair in my hairline is about 1/2 a centimeter now at 2 weeks.

I know that the next two weeks this hair will start to shed due to lack of nutrients/oxygen/blood flow/ etc.

If I were to keep them short will they require less nutrients/oxygen/blood flow/ etc. and maybe not shed?

i dont mean to be rude, but this logic doesn't make any sense at all....

you will lose them regardless if you keep them short or not, sorry.

the hair sheds because of the trauma, not nutrients or blood flow, which is plenty in the scalp.

THINinHOUSTON, from my reading and asking questions on this and other forums, I have learned that the transplanted hair sheds because of trauma to the scalp during surgery. There doesn't seem to be a way to stop it even though I've asked .

I guess it's just a temporary inconvenience people have to go through if they decide to get a transplant.

~Baldie3000

They are going even if you shave them . Hair is just an outgrowth of dead cells from the skin .
I believe just made of keratin. Some will chill but most will say adios for 3-6 months

Actually you can be a rare case as myself. I have kept over 90% of my transplanted hairs. I am at 3 months post-op and these puppies aint movin. I did start to use minox from 2 weeks after my ht. I kept my hair short as you asked and was using the minox twice a day and proscar once a day. It can happen bro, but it is rare. Like I said I Have all my ht hairs pretty much. I skipped the ugly duckling stage. I am going to post my 3 month progress very soon. I only have post-op and 1 month pics. So bro yes it is very possible,but rare.

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You can reduce the shock loss though. When I shaved after my HT my shock loss stopped. It's kind of like breaking a stick. The longer the stick the easier it is to break, but the shorter it get's the harder it is to break. Just my theory and it seemed to work.

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no frontal pics?

sorry but I thought I could post more on one page, no luck. I did put up a new photo album with 4 or 5 pics with frontal

Won cant believe you kept all that..why dont you grow it out? You can hide the scar..you have new hairline? whats up?

Im growing it out now!!! I just wanted the minox to penetrat the scalp better. I did get major shockloss on the crown!!! one pic shows it bigtime, but im praying it all comes back. Also wanted my hair short so my donor scar was being thouroughly cleaned and moisterized to not have infection and reduce scar size to pencil line

Houston your ht looks very nice after the 8 day pics. you got a very clean neat ht from what I can see. Congrats!!!!

Thanks I will post my 2 weeks pics soon. Hair is growing really well I dont want to lose it! Hope I am lucky like you. I had little to no redness on my frontal area so maybe less trauma will lead to less shedding? what do you know my next topic...