A member asked:

I had hair transplant last 5 days but still have numbness on my head. is it caused by overdose anesthesia and can it recover?

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Dr. Clifford Gevirtz answered

Specializes in Anesthesiology

Cut nerve: In harvesting a strip of skin (and slicing it up for transplant) the nerves that innervate the scalp can be cut. They may re grow at a rate of 1mm per day, so it may take several months to know if you will regain full sensation in the area.

Answered 12/16/2013

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