Hey everyone, i have read a lot of the posts on here about shampooing on this board and my post op instructions. and after 10 days the concensus here seems to be that the grafts are firmly in place and it is ok to shampoo normally again. So i waited 3 weeks to resume a gentle but little more normal shampooing regime. Let me just say when it rains it pours. a lot of my new hairs were falling out. u could see the black follicles at the ends but they looked sort of deflated almost.
i guess im a little confused as to why they were not in place as most would suggest they should be.
just wondering if this is normal like for like you to see the black dots to the end of the hairs when they fall out.
i mean, did they not take or is it shock or what?
any heads up would be nice, thanks

Sounds normal from what you're saying. The transplanted hairs will normally fall out and you'll go into a resting stage. The living hair follicles are still underneath your skin. New hairs will start growing in about four months.

thanks for your reply kamin. I just was worried b/c the hairs that fell out looked different than other hairs have fallen out on my head normally, and no one really talks about that here. but glad to hear some feedback, thanks again.

It was at around 2 and a half to 3 weeks when 80% of my own grafts jumped ship. As Kamin said, this is totally normal and all a part of the process. Now all you have to do is sit back and wait for the growth.

-Robert