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Does hives caused on scalp due to allergy affect the transplanted hair follicles?

surazyMay 12, 2016
I had my FUE one week ago , recently i got hives on my skin and scalp due to a shellfish allergy which lasted for about 4 hours. So i just wanted to know will that by any chance effect the transplanted hair follicles. Thank you.

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