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It WILL get better. In my case, on day 10 it was still really painfull (painlevel 8/10), and a day later, out of nowhere, it dropped significantly, to something like 2/10. I took ibuprofen (400 mg) and paracetamol (1000 mg) every six hours, starting from day 4. I used to set my alarm clock at night to wake up and take the pills to avoid the painkillers wearing out.

Hi, I had a lot of pain in the donor area as well (FUE 1400). Started around day 4, couldn't sleep for days. Lack of sleep/rest also gave me extra tension on my neck/shouldiers and lower head. Pain killers (ibuprofen and paracetamol) helped deal with the pain overall. The pain seemed to get worse by the day and made me feel really worried. Luckily, the pain started to go away around day 9/10, and on day 13 (today) it was completely gone. I slept for 8 hours straight last night. These tips may also help: - the pain from the donor area for me was a combination of nerves (tingles, occasional sharp pain) and the healing of the 1400+ little holes. I noticed that the shampoo that i was given by the clinic dried my skin all over my head and the back of my ears and i was afraid this would have a slowing effect on the healing of the skin (so after a couple days i switched back to my regular shampoo); - I read about a lot of people using aloe vera to calm the donorarea. I myself used Calendula creme on the donor area to cool/calm the area and speeden the recovery; - don't set the roomtemperature too high and don't take too hot showers as this also affect blood pressure/heart rate; - when using vitamin B, buy the timed-release ones, you can also try the timed-release pain killers

Hi All, Sorry for bumping up this old thread but it meant a lot to me reading about others during my recovery. I had a lot of pain in the donor area as well (FUE 1400). Started around day 4, couldn't sleep for days. Pain killers (ibuprofen and paracetamol) helped. The pain started to go away around day 9/10, and on day 12/13 (today) it was completely gone. These tips may also help: - the pain from the donor area for me was a combination of nerves (tingles, occasional sharp pain) and the healing of the 1400+ little holes. The shampoo that i was given by the clinic dried my skin all over my head and the back of my ears and i was afraid this would have a slowing effect on the healing of the skin (so after a couple days i switched back to my regular shampoo); - I read about a lot of people using aloe vera to calm the donorarea. I myself used Calendula creme on the donor area to cool/calm the area and speeden the recovery; - don't set the roomtemperature too high and don't take too hot showers as this also affect blood pressure/heart rate; - when using vitamin B, buy the timed released ones