Tenderness above donor area after a FUT Hair Transplant? This is day 22 after the HT and I am still using neck pillow to sleep

September 6, 2016
Asked By:hammadc in United Kingdom, GB

I had a FUT (strip) HT from Turkey with 3100 grafts. Staples were removed on Day 10 and the strip area is healing nicely with no real pain. Transplanted area is also pain free. But I have quite a lot of numbness & tenderness above the strip area going all the way to lower crown. If I touch this area it feels tender. I expected numbness but the tenderness is not going away. I asked my transplant surgeon but he has no idea (I live in a different country). Is this normal or should I be worried?

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