RISKS, SIDE EFFECTS, AND POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS OF HAIR TRANSPLANT SURGERY.

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RISKS, SIDE EFFECTS, AND POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS OF HAIR TRANSPLANT SURGERY.

        In the overwhelming majority of hair transplantation procedures there are no complications. However, a number of side effects, risks, and complications can occasionally occur. For the purpose of putting these things in perspective, we will divide them into two categories: those that occur occasionally and those that occur very rarely and are included here for the sake of completeness:

Side effects that occur only occasionally:

  •Mild Swelling in the forehead, occurs in about 1 in 10 procedures

•Mild “Shocking” (shedding) of Existing weak Hair causing them to drop out for 3 months, after which they grow back.

•Epidermoid cysts,

•Temporary numbness of part of the head,

•Post-op pain or headache

•Minor and trivial side effect: Itching in the area of the new grafts or along the donor scar may occur occasionally.

Side effects or complications that occur only very rarely:

•Irregular or uneven or delayed hair growth

•Discoloration of grafts

•Elevation or depression of grafts

•Bleeding

•Scarring

•Dizziness or fainting

•Allergy or reaction to anaesthetics or medications used: Medications are kept at hand to immediately treat any allergic reactions.

•Failure to improve “quality of life

•Infections: Very rare because of rich blood supply.

•There is also the possibility that other effects or complications not presently known, recognized, or understood, may develop, now or in the future.

Dr . Vaibhav Shah .,

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