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70 days post-op. I still have redness in donor area (Photo)

hasamOct 16, 2017
Its been 70 days that i had FUE hair transplant of 3500 grafts...my donor area still didn't healed properly there is still a lot of redness and the patch is quite visible..when can i get rid of this redness??and is there anything serious regarding this redness?why is it still there?

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