Necrotic Tissue After 3rd Transplant

I had several hair transplants that went well, so I decided on a 3rd which led to necrotic tissue damage. The doctor told me it well be ok. i had 3 holes w/ necrotic tissue, which i would treat for several months getting worst. fortunately after 3 months, the holes got as big as a quarter and black. went to the emergency room, when they said this is your lucky day after removing the black. and 3 years and 4 surgeries later, i finally got everything corrected. now i have 3 bald spots in the front of my head. i use the dark particles to hide it. any recommendations. what to do besides surgery ??

Necrosis causes the skin to turn black (it is called gangrene). I would love to know more details, like who was your surgeon and what did he/she tell you caused this? I might be able to help, but I’d need to examine you first. As you are in Los Angeles, you should consider paying me a visit in my LA office (no charge for the consultation). You can call my office at 800-NEW-HAIR (or 310-553-9113) to setup the consultation.

Necrosis was not uncommon in the early days of megasessions when the surgeons used large punches and too many of them. This did devascularize the scalp and parts of the scalp died. There were numerous reports published that condemned the procedure because of this risk, but as the world was trying to make up its mind on the risks, I had published large series of huge megasessions with not one case of necrosis in the recipient area. Eventually the doctors learned that small holes were critical to getting not only good growth, but no damage to the skin of the scalp.

There are non-surgical solutions, including Toppik, DermMatch, Couvre (all are concealers)… and of course, hair pieces.