**Complications of Hair Transplantation**

**Complications of Hair Transplantation**

#### Murat Küçüktaş Murat Küçüktaş Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66838

#### **Abstract**

Recently, hair transplantation has been frequently commonly applied for aesthetic surgical procedures. Hair transplantation has a low complication rate compared to other aesthetic surgical procedures. However, it can cause serious complications if proper attention is not given. But there are a wide range of possible complications that are less severe and manageable. Common postoperative complications include pain, edema, asymmetry, bleeding, visible scarring, folliculitis, crusting, graft dislodgement, hiccups, effluvium, pruritus, and hypoesthesia. Other less common postoperative complications include hypertrophic scarring and keloid, arteriovenous fistula, infection, cobblestoning, syncope, pigment alteration, necrosis, granulomatous reaction, pyogenic granuloma, and Kaposi's varicelliform eruptions. The most serious complication of hair transplantation is necrosis.

**Keywords:** complications of hair transplantation, necrosis, hair surgery
