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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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...

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

You are leaking fluid?  Is it red (as in blood)?  You need to contact your doctor for an urgent follow up.  Pain is normal.  Leaking is not.

Michael Vories, MD · Answer

If your procedure involved Strip Excision (FUT), then tightness behind the ears is common.  One of the many benefits of FUE is there is no wound closure under tension, and so no sutures are needed.  Often this results in less post-op pain in the donor area compared to FUT.

Kapil Dua, MBBS, MS · Answer

The area behind the ears is having minimum elasticity and is prone to tightness following strip surgery. So, this is quite common but this feeling will decrease over a period of time. During the strip surgery, some fluid is given in the form of tumescence in the area from which the strip is taken out. Therefore, when you lie down on your head, it seeps out. So, routinely there is nothing to worry but still it will be better to go to your physician who operated upon you as he can explain it in a better way.

Rashid M. Rashid, PhD, MD · Answer

After a hair transplant you can have a lot of weird sensations but to make sure its always best to go back in for an examination and follow up.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

If you feel that you are not normal after your hair transplant, go back to see your doctor who knows you and knows what he did. Don't shop the internet where you are not known

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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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