Hair transplant - is it a painful surgery?

Hair transplant is a minimally painful surgery. The only pain the patient feels is when local anaesthesia is given. there are various ways of reducing the pain during local anaesthesia.

One of the important question or apprehension a patient can have is whether Hair Transplant is a painful surgery or not?
During the procedure, the patient doesn't feel any pain or discomfort if the local anesthesia is infiltrated properly. This makes the scalp numb. During the post-operative period if it is an FUE procedure then the feeling of numbness may be present which wears off over a period of time. After FUT procedure there may be some feeling of tightness or stretchiness on the scalp. Numbness also will be there for some days. The patient is advised to use an analgesic if he feels some pain.