When doing hairline work i.e thickening up and planting in between existing hair, is shockloss a problem?
Shock loss – a shedding reaction in response to a trigger such as local anaesthetic or surgery itself – can affect any recipient area hair (not usually donor hair though). It tends to be worse in young men losing their hair quite rapidly, rather than older men who have very slow loss. Drugs such as Propecia do seem to help stop it though. The shock loss is most noticeable with moderate thinning, which is why it generally is better to wait to perform hair transplantation, rather than rushing in at the first sign of thinning hair.