Numbness sensation post strip hair transplant

[Rebels1]

Hi there.Just a query i have.I had two strip hair transplants done back in 2006 which were not successful by any means.The 'surgeon' was not a good surgeon.I have come across his name on this hair network forum and it turns out he has done alot of poor work on other unfortunate people.He certainly has changed my life and not for the better.I could be here all day talking about this man but to be honest the thought of him sickens me and the butcher work he performed on me and other patients it seems ( looking at peoples negative threads about this man on this site).

Sorry to be sidetracked, what my question is,since the strip hair transplants, i have had a numbing sensation or a very uncomfortable sensation in my head ever since the procedures.The two strips taken out in the donor site were long (seperate procedures which were two months apart) and wide.Sorry i don't have the measurements of the scarrings.Because the scarrings were so wide i went to a plastic surgeon to have the scarrings reduced.The first scarring reduction took place approx nine months after the second hair transplant.But even throughout those nine months i still had numbing sensation in my head.To make a long story short it seems that nerves in the back of my head were severed/damaged when the hair transplant surgeon removed the strip and as a result leading to numbing sensation.They say that for a short while after a strip procedure you should experience numbing sensation.However for me i still have a numbing in the donor area and on top of my head seven years later.I have been to a neurosurgeon and explained to him what i have been through and he has explained to me that there is definately nerve damage there and that if i haven't received normal sensation back within two years post procedure that it is permanent nerve damage.So just wondering if anybody has experienced this and is experiencing nerve damage/ numbing sensation in their head years after their strip/FUT procedure.Also if so, can anything possibly be done to help heal the nerves.I am afraid that this is permanent.It is just a terrible sensation.

Surgery might be the only option to reconnect the damaged nerves.My god the thought of it scares me.I have been cut open so many times now.I just know that i hate the thought of going through life with this numbness in my head.It causes me to break out in sweats, can't concentrate, find it hard to sleep because any obstacle that comes in contact with the back of my head, even a pillow causes a very uncomfortable sensation , all caused by the numbing sensation/ nerve damage.

I would hate to think if anyone else has gone through this but if so, please god any suggestions to what can be done.

 

Thanks everyone.

[gillenator]

Rebels1,

 

May I start by welcoming you to this community as I see you recently joined last month.

 

Yes I have heard about your situation more than I have wanted to, although it was more common back when strip first started.

 

There really is no point in addressing things you undoubtedly already know at this point. IMHO, having your second strip procedure just two months after the first one put you at great risk for scarring. There was probably not enough scalp laxity left in such a short period. I even question having your scar revision so soon (nine months) after your second procedure. Maybe your plastic surgeon felt you had recovered enough laxity by then but that would be very rare considering your two strip procedures were so close in timing.

 

I would recommend that you get several more opinions from neurosurgeons who may be able to reconnect some of the nerves. You may be able to regain some feeling in the scalp. but chances are it will never regain complete feeling because there may be some permanent damage that cannot be completely resolved through more surgery.

 

Just make sure if you do have repair surgery that the neuro specialist is very experienced in reconnecting nerves, especially in the scalp.

 

Hope you will find some resolve in the very near future.

[Rebels1]

Cheers for that Gillenator.I won't be rushing into anything soon.My number one priority though is to try to get some form of help for this numbness.All going well after that i would like to get some FUE repair work done.Hopefully to try and camoflague the scarring.It has been along road and hate to admit it but it has taken control of my life.I hope someday i can put this to bed and look forward and get on with life.

 

Thanks

[gillenator]

I wish you the same my friend. It may have to be done in two or more stages of repair.