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I'm feeling tightness behind my ears and a sensation of leaking fluid in my head after hair transplant. Is this normal?

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captainronFeb 28, 2015

i recently had a 2000 graft transplant. Three days later I am feeling a lot of tightness behind my ears and a sensation of fluid leaking inside my head, is this normal...

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