Still numb

It has been many months since my hair restoration procedure, and I would say that I have regained somewhere around 60% of the feeling back in my head – specifically the part of my head between the back of the transplanted area and the suture line (or basically my “crown”).  Whenever I touch back there, or rest my head against my pillow, or anything like that, I notice that there is still more of a tingling sensation than full-on “regular” feeling.

So I again called Bosley to see if this was something I should be concerned about.  I figured they would say something like “It happens to some people, just be patient and the feeling will come back.”  Which was, of course, what they told me.  I mean, what are they going to say – “Oh my god, this is a disaster!  You’ll probably never get feeling again – what went wrong?  WHAT WENT WRONG!?”

At any rate, the nurse told me that some people take longer to regain feeling – everyone has nerves that react differently to the trauma of the procedure, and some people take longer to heal than others.  She said it’s not unusual for people to feel numbness for up to a year after their procedure.  Honestly, I’m not sure what could be done even if this was a complete anomaly.  So I will continue to wait for my scalp to fully heal, having faith that feeling will come back.  Someday.

- Seth Garon, is a recipient of a Bosley hair restoration procedure and lives in Portland, OR.