Do I have nerve damage 1 week after FUE?

Question

I had a FUE session 7 days back. Since the 3rd day, I have been having a lot of pain in the donor area. Its a burning pain although well healed and looks normal from the outside, is sensitive to touch and a bit numb too. Is this normal? How much time would it take? can't handle the pain even with ibuprofen? Can this be a nerve damage of some type? Is that a possibility? I would appreciate any info/help on this. I was told there is almost a zero chance of nerve damage in FUE.

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

If you are having issues after surgery, especially with "pain" you should contact your doctor.  Some nerves are always affected when you are having surgery.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

İt is a mild , transient ,dermal plexus nerve damage. We can observe that much pain on donor site %15-20 of my patients after 7-10 days after surgery . That pain is because of skin dermal nerve plexus injury and temporary , mostly disappear in 1 week .

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

Yes, what you are describing is a nerve injury. The FUE transects many small nerves but hopefully not the deep nerves which would be a real problem. Wait it out 2-3 months and hopefully if it is a small nerve, it will get better

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