The side effects a patient expe­ri­ences after hav­ing a hair trans­plant are very nor­mal and should not be of any con­cern. Nor­mal side effects are as fol­lowed. One very nor­mal side effect after hair restora­tion is shed­ding. The hair fol­li­cles go through the “Tel­o­gen phase” which is the phase where the hair falls out. After a few months the hair goes through the “Ana­gen phase” this is the time where the trans­planted hair begins to grow. Itch­ing of the wounds is nor­mal in every sur­gi­cal pro­ce­dure as well as numb­ness but is gen­er­ally tem­po­rary and will return back to how it has been prior to the pro­ce­dure. Cyst are also a very com­mon side effect after a hair trans­plant pro­ce­dure, they appear like small pim­ples on the scalp and gen­er­ally go away in a few weeks. Our patients com­monly recover very quickly when fol­low­ing the post-op instruc­tions and never expe­ri­ence complications.