Necrosis Following a Hair Transplant Over a Month Ago

I am 26 years old and 40 days ago I did FUT. My doctor transplanted 2100 grafts on my vertex, but unfortunately on back of my head there is 2 parts that is like 2 circles (3 cm in 3cm,each circle) that my doctor told me it is necrosis. I was just wondering if it will recover and my hair will be restored on back of my head or not ?! if not, please note how I can do? Or if it will cure, how long would it take?

Best Regards

In essence, “necrosis” means there is dead tissue. It is sometime referred to as gangrene. If you have necrosis in the donor area, healing will be an issue… and if it heals I doubt you will have regrowth of hair in those areas again. I really couldn’t tell you how long it might take to heal, because this is a function of the size of the dead skin and I do not know the severity of your problem. There are other complications that will also likely be of concern, such as infection and deformities.

Donor necrosis is more common in strip surgery when the wound is made too wide. This can cause significant scarring, so much so that it may require extreme measures to fix (such as the use of balloon expanders). I’ve thankfully never had significant donor necrosis in my patients, and necrosis in the recipient area is very, very rare.

Past posts about necrotic tissue following hair transplantation can be found here and here.