Regular Member Rebels1 Posted September 24, 2016 Regular Member Share Posted September 24, 2016 I had two FUT hair transplants in 2006 which has left a numbing sensation in the back and on the crown of my head to this day. The nerves in the donor area were cut due to the strip from the FUT and unfortunately to this day has left this terrible and uncomfortable sensation. I am afraid that this is permanent nerve damage, as it has now been ten years that this numbing sensation as I call it is still here. I was just wondering if there is anyone else out there who also has or is experiencing this. I am just really wondering can anything be done about these damaged nerves to be honest. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member headaball Posted September 27, 2016 Regular Member Share Posted September 27, 2016 Hello Rebels1. I have the exact same problem you are having with the numbness etc..I had fut surgery in 2006 also and another in 2007.. I have a very wide scar ear to ear also and not great results to show from it either! I decided to look at your profile and what a coincidence... we had the same doctor! I thought I would reply to you as at least you know you are not the only one with this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Speegs Posted September 27, 2016 Senior Member Share Posted September 27, 2016 Sadly, your surgeons clearly cut too deep and caused nerve damage. Who were your doctors? This is why we need to all make sure we vet our physicians for their techniques stringently. I just finished my third strip procedure two months ago and have full scalp sensation back. A good doc never removes more flesh than absolutely needed to procure the grafts intact. Hair loss patient and transplant veteran. Once a Norwood 3A. Received 2,700 grafts with coalition doctor on 8/13/2010 Received 2,380 grafts with Dr. Steven Gabel on 9/30/2011 Received 1,820 grafts with Dr. Steven Gabel on 7/28/2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Speegs Posted September 27, 2016 Senior Member Share Posted September 27, 2016 PS how did you have two strips in a single year? That's not medically ethical, no wonder you had such bad scarring and nerve damage, your body didn't even have a full cycle to heal. Hair loss patient and transplant veteran. Once a Norwood 3A. Received 2,700 grafts with coalition doctor on 8/13/2010 Received 2,380 grafts with Dr. Steven Gabel on 9/30/2011 Received 1,820 grafts with Dr. Steven Gabel on 7/28/2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member headaball Posted September 27, 2016 Regular Member Share Posted September 27, 2016 To be honest I wasn't really educated about what I was doing at the time.. if I can remember right I'd say there was about 8 or 9 months between surgerys. We live and learn by our mistakes and sure I don't let it get me down.. i read this forum everyday and it would have been good to know about it years ago!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Rebels1 Posted September 27, 2016 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 27, 2016 Hi headaball and Speegs, thanks for the comments. Where do i start? The "Doctor" who performed my strip hair transplants is called Conor Kiely. When i first checked up on the internet looking up different hairtransplants surgeons i came across his internet site and it looked so impressive. He was a member of all hair transplant organisations, he was giving interviews on the radio about hair transplants etc. The fact that he was local enough i thought that i would have a consultation with him. He of course showed me pictures of cases he worked on and they looked impressive. When i saw the results my eyes lit up, i felt that this man might be able to help me. I wasn't looking for miracles, but i was young enough at the time and had extreme hairloss and i felt that maybe he could help me. So it went from there. Little did i know how life changing it would be for me. Because after that first hair transplant things really did change. The two hair transplants were only about 4 maybe 5 months apart. I have no doubt in my mind he went too deep into the skin and severed the nerves. To this day as i mentioned in my first thread, i have this numbing sensation that isn't going away. It causes all different issues for example not being able to sleep properly because it gets uncomfortable when resting on the donor site where the scar is, breaking out in sweats, not to mention the pyschological damage it has caused. Over the years i have heard stories about Doctor Kiely and the scarring that he had left behind on his patients after the FUT. Was i surprised? - No! Because he also left me with two large and wide scars from ear to ear. It's been ten years that i had the misfortune of ever crossing his path, now i have got treatment to improve the scarring and thankfully the scarring has improved however this numbing sensation is always there and still gets me down.Headaball might know what i'm talking about. The old cliche "if i could only turn back time". But we don't have a crystal ball, we put our faith in these peoples hands who tell us that they can help us, only to do the opposite. I wish i could have put all this behind me but i don't think i ever will. I would be really sorry if Kiely is still practising as i fear that myself and Headaball might not be the only, can i say "victims". I use that word strongly because everything about my FUT's was a failure. The results were poor, everything from placement of the grafts to the scarring that he left. None of this should have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Speegs Posted September 27, 2016 Senior Member Share Posted September 27, 2016 Really sorry to hear that, I've yet to hear good things about UK doctors in this field, I am thankful that I had this site to research before i pulled the trigger on my three procedures, and that there are a number of talented surgeons in the United States at the forefront of this medical science. I hope you're able to to speak with a competent surgeon in the near future, perhaps a head and neck specialist who can assess your nerve damage. If you have the inclination, i would research potentially traveling to the United States for repair work. Hair loss patient and transplant veteran. Once a Norwood 3A. Received 2,700 grafts with coalition doctor on 8/13/2010 Received 2,380 grafts with Dr. Steven Gabel on 9/30/2011 Received 1,820 grafts with Dr. Steven Gabel on 7/28/2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Rebels1 Posted September 27, 2016 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 27, 2016 Hi Speegs, Dr Kiely is Irish. To be honest i have heard good reports about some surgeons in the UK alright. As for my scar repair, i have and hopefully will be getting more repair work on it. It would be great though if something could be done on nerve repair. I have been told that with this type of nerve damage though, nothing can be done because the nerves are so fine or very thin etc. Thanks for the reply Speegs, All the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member headaball Posted September 27, 2016 Regular Member Share Posted September 27, 2016 Rebel.. I feel bad for you, my numbness is uncomfortable but I can live with it. I would like to get something done with the scar at some stage and maybe Fue to improve my hair and thicken up midscalp and other areas. I hope you can sort your problem Rebel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Rebels1 Posted September 27, 2016 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 27, 2016 You too headaball. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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