Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Complications in FUE

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Practical Aspects of Hair Transplantation in Asians

  • 903 Accesses

Abstract

Most patients opt for FUE surgery to avoid the linear scar of FUT. However, if the follicular unit extraction is not done properly, then it may lead to a number of complications in the donor area including visible white dots, a moth-eaten appearance, folliculitis, cyst formation, necrosis of donor area, a see-through appearance, and loss of implanted hair.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Parsley W, Waldman M. Postoperative phase. In: Unger W, Shapiro R, editors. Hair transplantation. 5th ed. New York: Informa Healthcare; 2011. p. 416–26.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Avram MR, Rogers N, Watkins S. Side-effects from follicular unit extraction in hair transplantation. J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 2014;7:177–9.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. Cooley JE. Use of porcine urinary bladder matrix in hair restoration surgery applications. Hair Transplant Forum Int’l. 2011;21(3):65–72.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Cole J. State -of-the- art FUE: advanced nonshaven technique. Hair Transplant Forum Int. 2014;25:166–9.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Harris J. Donor area management and considerations, follicular unit extraction. In: Unger W, Shapiro R, editors. Hair transplantation. 5th ed. UK, New York: Informa Healthcare; 2011. p. 292–3.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Patwardhan N, Kirane V, Mysore V. Complications of hair restoration surgery: an overview. In: Mysore V, editor. Hair transplantation. 1st ed. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd; 2016. p. 276–8.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  7. Poswal A, Bhutia S, Mehta R. When FUE goes wrong! Indian J Dermatol. 2011;56:517–9.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  8. Karaçal N, Uraloğlu M, Dindar T, Livaoğlu M. Necrosis of the donor site after hair restoration with follicular unit extraction (FUE): a case report. J Plast Reconstr AesthetSurg. 2012;65:e87–9.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, Munster, IN, USA

    Kapil Dua M.B.B.S., M.S. ENT, F.I.S.H.R.S.

  2. Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons of India, Indore, India

    Kapil Dua M.B.B.S., M.S. ENT, F.I.S.H.R.S. & Aman Dua M.B.B.S., M.D. Dermatology

  3. Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgery, Bangkok, Thailand

    Kapil Dua M.B.B.S., M.S. ENT, F.I.S.H.R.S.

  4. International Society of hair Restoration Surgery, Geneva, IL, USA

    Kapil Dua M.B.B.S., M.S. ENT, F.I.S.H.R.S. & Aman Dua M.B.B.S., M.D. Dermatology

  5. AK Clinics, New Delhi, India

    Kapil Dua M.B.B.S., M.S. ENT, F.I.S.H.R.S., Aman Dua M.B.B.S., M.D. Dermatology & Monica Chahar M.B.B.S., M.D. Dermatology

  6. Dermatopathology, Fellow, Dermatologikum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Monica Chahar M.B.B.S., M.D. Dermatology

Authors
  1. Kapil Dua M.B.B.S., M.S. ENT, F.I.S.H.R.S.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Aman Dua M.B.B.S., M.D. Dermatology
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Monica Chahar M.B.B.S., M.D. Dermatology
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kapil Dua M.B.B.S., M.S. ENT, F.I.S.H.R.S. .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. DHT Clinic Private Practice, Bangkok, Thailand

    Damkerng Pathomvanich

  2. Yokobi Clinic Private practice, Yokohama, Japan

    Kenichiro Imagawa

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Dua, K., Dua, A., Chahar, M. (2018). Complications in FUE. In: Pathomvanich, D., Imagawa, K. (eds) Practical Aspects of Hair Transplantation in Asians. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56547-5_47

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56547-5_47

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Tokyo

  • Print ISBN: 978-4-431-56545-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-4-431-56547-5

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation