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Same issue with me. No reply from Dr.Koray Erdogan's clinic! :mad:

Found this on a website: Complication of Hair Transplant – Hiccups Hiccups may develop after a hair transplant surgery due to several factors. Some of these factors are due to the medication that patient takes, the possible local irritation of some nerve endings in the donor area (especially in strip technique hair transplant) and lastly, that patient’s diet. These main causes of hiccups after hair restoration surgery are: Medications: Some medications that are given to the patient after a hair transplant surgery (i.e. – steroids) may increase the chance of developing hiccups. Local nerve irritation:The local irritation of some nerve endings, such as the posterior auricular nerve or the other branches of cervical plexus may stimulate the phrenic nerve thus also causing hiccups. Diet: In the case that the patient developes hiccups due to eating or drinking, his/her diet needs to be controlled. Alcoholic beverages, carbonated beverages or taking in large volumes of food may also increase the chance of developing hiccups. If the hiccups persist severely or beyond a few hours you are urged to contact your hair transplant surgeon for medical treatment. You doctor may prescribe chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and you may need to continue taking the pills for a few days to avoid re-occurance of the hiccups.

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After my FUE, I had the same pain which started from the 3rd day. Kept me awake at night. Continued for about 2 weeks. Normal pain killers did not help too much. What worked for me was Lyrica, B Vitamins and lots of Aloe Vera gel. I was told this was nerve damage. People with longer roots may be more prone. But inexperienced doctors (worse on motorized punch) may go too deep and damage nerves.

spex, I live in Singapore. I met with Dr. Pathomvanich in Thailand some time back, however he prefers strip. So I didn't have too many options available in the South East Asian region for FUE. Finally I decided to go with a Singapore based doctor. Harvesting was done with the French (promotional link removed)Omnigraft machine. Which looks like the (promotional link removed)Neograft machine.

Thank you Dr. Charles. Just spoke with my doctor. He says most patients never experience such pain during healing. But when nerves regenerate this may happen. The sensitivity is often difficult to treat or deal with other than just being patient. It would help if I try not to do anything which may stimulate them. Most pain or anti-inflammatory medications may not work well with this type of healing "burning" sensation.

drmstx, thanks. I talked to the doctor. He asked me to keep taking the pain killers and give it more time. I just wanted to know if any of you have had such an experience. How much time it took to recover?

Hi, I was told I need 3000 grafts, however as I was going for FUE, I had to divide it into 2 sessions. So I had my first 1500 session 7 days back. I thought FUE would cause the least amount of pain. 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? Is this something to be worried about? Is it going to get better? Can this be a nerve damage of some type? Is that a possibility? I would appreciate any info/help on this. Thank you.

Here is what I found: French-made Omnigraft machine can automatically extract follicular units from the scalp in Follicle Unit Extraction (FUE). Individual hair follicles are non-surgically 'harvested' with micro instruments and pushed into the bald sections of the head with the machine. About 500 follicle units can be transferred in three to four hours. But again, the problem with FUE is that it has to be done 'blind', as one just uses the machine to extract follicles and you can't 'see' what's underneath the skin. So the strip method is still the gold standard. The scar produced by FUE seems bigger but not linear and is not attractive to the public eye. There is a similar machine called Neograft. http://www.neoasia.com.sg/onmigraft.html

Hi, Congratulations. I guess you had a FUT with a TRICHOPHYTIC closure? How does your scar look now? I would appreciate if you could please share a picture of the donor scar. I am considering a HT but very confused between FUT and FUE. Thanks.