breezie71 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 hi... 7 days ago i had a mid-to-large size hair transplant... all went well and healing seems to be going ok.. in fact i get my staples out in 2 days... my problem is that i have a loss of feeling of the part of my head extending immediately above the donor site to the crown and out about 2 inches on either side... i am curious if anyone else experienced this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breezie71 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 hi... 7 days ago i had a mid-to-large size hair transplant... all went well and healing seems to be going ok.. in fact i get my staples out in 2 days... my problem is that i have a loss of feeling of the part of my head extending immediately above the donor site to the crown and out about 2 inches on either side... i am curious if anyone else experienced this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member wantego Posted November 10, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted November 10, 2008 I do not think numbness is unusual for the first 1-2 months. I read somewhere it was from 1000's of nerves being cut and that they had to grow back. I dont know if thats is true though. 4374 grafts-7/2/2008-Dr Rahal 485 singles 2336 doubles 1526 triples 16 quads 9809 total hairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member FenderPlayer Posted November 10, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted November 10, 2008 TOTALLY normal. Don't worry feeling will come back. August 12, 2008 - 3100 grafts Dr. Feller Check out my blog - http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/home-page.asp?WebID=876 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MikeTheDane Posted November 10, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted November 10, 2008 Mine took around 3 months, so yeah, it will come back to you.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11/04-07 - 800-1600 ish grafts - danish clinic - poor results 12/02-08 - 2764 grafts - Dr. Devroye - good result but needs hairline density 03/12-10 - 1429 grafts - Dr. Mohmand - result pending Feel free to visit my picture thread My Hair Transplant Photos - Surgery with Dr. Devroye Young lads below 25 unite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Eman Posted November 10, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted November 10, 2008 Breezie- The area above my donor was numb for a while as well after surgery--exactly the way you are describing it. It felt quite awkward for a good month and then feeling began to return. It is weird as that is an area of our head was not worked upon. Feeling is fully back in that area now for me, so I think you will be fine. Just give it a little more time. My initial HT thread: done and done!! Check it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HK500 Posted November 10, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted November 10, 2008 The nerves run from the neck up to the top of the head, so the area just below the donor scar will have most of it's normal network while the area above the scar takes several months for the network to heal and reconnect. My last HT was about 2.5 months ago and I have recovered most of the sensations but it still feels weird, I remember in my 2nd HT it took about one year before the strange sensations stopped and it felt completely normal. Please tell us who did your HT and if you care to share your experience with a Hair Web Log it would be helpful to our community. Breezie, you are experiencing normal side effects, happy healing and growing. My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Siporin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member vincehair Posted November 11, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted November 11, 2008 A couple of guys on other forums have spoke about being numb well over a year from the surgery! Very scary shite indeed. Cut nerves i guess? ew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member redkun9 Posted November 12, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted November 12, 2008 Woah - being numb, "strange sensations" for a year?! Even the idea of losing sensation for an area on your head for a few months seems somewhat terrifying. Is this numbness typical for HT patients? For those who experience this, how long did it last? If anyone could shed some more light on this, that'd be great. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sir Fivehead Posted November 13, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted November 13, 2008 I'm 11 weeks out and I still have a little bit of numbness just above the donor site in the back. It's not as bad as you might think. It's just a weird feeling. It doesn't hurt, although I am still a tiny bit sore right below the numb area. Actually, the most bizarre part of mine was this crazy itching on the top of my scalp...but the area was numb, so I couldn't get rid of the itch! It slowly went away. The top still itches sometimes, but at least I can scratch it and get rid of it now. S5H My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Keene ________________________ 3700+ Grafts with Dr. Keene 8/26/08 & 8/27/08 9600+ Total Hairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Timothy Carman Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 To All- That numb or "strange" feeling that you refer to is indeed the result of an interruption of the superficial cutaneous nerves along the length of the donor site. We tell our patients that those changes in sensation can last up to a year, but usually return to normal prior to that. It's simply a matter of the tiny nerve endings reconnecting with one another over time as the scar tissue matures or heals, a process called "remodeling". So not to worry breezie71, what you are experiencing is normal and it is temporary. Grow well. Timothy Carman, MD ABHRS President, (ABHRS) ABHRS Board of Directors La Jolla Hair Restoration Medical Center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Chuckisduck Posted November 13, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted November 13, 2008 Is itching sensation along the scar line normal about 1 month out? My Hair Loss Blog - Hair Transplant with Dr. Keene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breezie71 Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 thanks for all the great responses... knowing there are others out there who expereienced the same thing is comforting... i think... as for the procedure, it was extremely simple.. i immediately fell asleep, woke up hours later.. no pain.. no real discomfort... only mild discomfort was the itching on top (not so much around donor area) for the following 3 or 4 days... oh, and then there was the 'dead head' area that prompted me to start this dialogue... had my 65 staples removed yesterday... no problems there either... 3Nov08, Dr. Griffin, 2500 grafts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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