Hair transplant turns fatal

Recently, a final-year medical student from the Madras Medical College died a day after undergoing a hair transplant procedure in the city. The doctors suspected the cause of the death could be anaphylaxis — an allergic reaction one develops after undergoing anaesthesia. More importantly, the centre was licensed only for cutting and styling hair and not conducting advanced procedures. The procedure went on for six hours, wherein tiny plugs of skin containing hair from the back of the scalp were implanted on the bald patches under local anaesthesia…