Q: Will the shock of a hair transplant make me lose my existing healthy hair and is it permanent?
A: In general, only miniaturized hair (the hair that is affected by androgens and that has begun to decrease in diameter) is shed after a transplant. This hair would be lost in the near term anyway.
Existing healthy hair is unlikely to shed, but if it were shed, you could expect it to grow back.
Topic: SheddingTags: Androgens / Miniaturization / Scalp Stress / Shedding After Hair Transplant / Shock Fall Out / Shock Loss
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 11:31 am
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