Patchy acute effluvium in and around the donor area following FUE hair transplant and its predilection for two-day session and high graft extraction cases

This study investigated acute donor site effluvium (ADE) following Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) hair transplants, focusing on the relationship between the number of grafts extracted and the severity of ADE. Conducted as a retrospective cross-sectional study, it involved 30 male patients with a mean age of 33.9 years. The study found that ADE was more prevalent in cases where more than 4,000 grafts were extracted and when the surgery extended beyond one day, with 73.3% of surgeries lasting more than a day. A significant correlation was observed between the severity of ADE and the number of grafts extracted, indicating that higher graft extraction and longer surgeries increase the risk of ADE.