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Follow up. Second Doctor Opinion-Hematoma on the donor area due to injections. It's soft & shrinking now.

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GrowFollicleGrowNov 18, 2015
I went to another ISHRS doctor & he said it is a hematoma. Wait it out. Shall go. PLEASE, help me out on this with some specificity. Attaching pics. Should I use hot compresses & massages. It is slowly shrinking in size, & not hard any more. Becoming tender & moving down. Any sort of help is appreciated. Heck, we may have ISHRS surgeons here, but it is you all who have defined hair restorative surgery and relayed it. I'm attaching post op 10th day pics for a close scrutiny, it's getting on to me

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