Hide Transplant and Minimize shock

skellon

Dear Friends,

Is there anything one can do to minimise the horror of schock loss ?

I remember reading post transplant there was some powder that could be applied to the scalp to minimise the appearance of the bumps - Is this true ? Wink

forhair

Welcome to the Forum skellon,
Did you had a procedure and experienced shockloss?
If you lost a mass of hair 2 weeks-2 month after the surgery it can be shockloss, Don't panic...most of them will grow back. if it happened 2- 8 months post-op surgery then it can be that you are experiencing accaleration of hair loss on some areas of your head...it is not necessary shockloss.
The only way to avoid shockloss is to have the hair transplant procedure done with an experienced surgeon who knows what he is doing. Shockloss is very rare and is one of the risks one have to consider before doing hair transplant,
It can happened if the surgeon is too aggressive or transplanting into areas with exising natural hairs, those hairs are meant to fall in the future and the shockloss accelerate the fall out.
Taking Propecia or Minoxidill before the procedure and after can prevent shockloss.
You can use toppik or dermatech to cover the thinning areas.
Here is some information on toppik :http://www.forhair.com/toppik.htm
and here you can buy it : http://www.toppik.com/
And here is a link to buy dermatch:
http://www.dermatch.com/HowToOrder.htm
i preffer the first one since it contain fibers that blending with you hair very nicely and naturaly.

skellon

I had a 1000 transplant 8 months ago and am going in for another 3000 in 2 weeks to provide the density to the first pass.
I am taking Proscar/5 days a week and after the 2nd op will return also to using Minodoxil to keep the baldness at bay. I have just ordered a can of the toppik on your suggestions -Thanks!!