Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9554
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2155-9554
+44 1478 350008
Cagatay Sezgin
Dubai Cosmetic Surgery Clinic, UAE
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Dermatol Res
The Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) method of hair transplantation is becoming more popular because of the patient preferences and it has advantages of rapid recovery, comfortable post-operative period and chance of much more graft transplantation than strip method in some cases. Complications in this method are rare and donor site complications are very rare in the literature. I want to present and discuss one of these rare donor site complications that I have encountered: A 39 year old male patient with donor site ischemia and necrosis which progressed and increased during the graft extraction period and then healed with a scarring alopecia area. Heavy smoking, thin subcutaneous tissue, prolonged pressure on donor region and perhaps increased blood viscosity together and/or solely may reduce tissue blood circulation and that may lead to tissue ischemia and necrosis in FUE harvesting.
Email: cagataysezgin66@gmail.com