Pain in Donor Area a Week After FUE
Hi Doctor,
I had a 1500 FUE session 7 days back. My donor and recipient sites has healed well. Everything looks normal. But since the 3rd day, I have been having a lot of pain in the donor area. Its a burning pain. For some reason it gets better at times and worse for no reason. The whole area, although well healed and looks normal from the outside, is sensitive to touch and a bit numb too. Is this normal? I talked to my doctor. He asked me to keep taking the pain killers and give it more time. Is this something to be worried about? Is it going to get better? How much time would it take? Can this be a nerve damage of some type? Is that a possibility? I would appreciate any info/help on this. I was told there is almost a zero chance of nerve damage in FUE.
Thanks.
Pain is subjective and it certainly is reasonable to have post-operative pain as many small nerve endings were traumatized. There is always some degree of nerve damage when you cut through the skin (that is why it hurts). The main issue could be major nerve damage that runs along the back side of your scalp. These are the greater occipital and lesser occipital nerves. My recommendation is to follow up with your doctor and have him/her examine you.
By the way, not all follicular unit extraction (FUE) is the same; each doctor can use a slightly different technique and different instruments. So I couldn’t say how slim your chances were of having a complication, because I don’t know how the procedure was done. You’re not alone though, as I had a similar question posed here.
Hi,
I am going through the same thing and its a week now, Please let me know if it got cured. I am so tense at this time. Please help.
Ashish.
Me too! Have you recovered? Or will I feel this tingling forever?
Hi iam getting this horinble pain after fue ,
I know its been some time please let me know how long does this pain last its been 4
Weeks now , iam still with burning sensetion and pressure pain all around my donor area and face
You should go back and speak with your doctor. Pain following an FUE might be the result of damage to the many small nerves around the scalp (there are thousands of them) so many are cut by either the FUE punch or the needles used to make the recipient area. The good news is that the pain you are reporting almost always goes away in week. A few people might see the pain a couple of months of so.