Anticoagulants and Hair Transplants

What if your on coumadin, do you have to wait until your off the medication? I am told yes.

Just to clear it up for the readers out there, I believe you’re referring to waiting until you’re off coumadin before having a hair transplant.

It is wise to reduce or stop coumadin (an anticoagulant) prior to having a hair transplant. I have had the misfortune to do a hair transplant on a number of patients on coumadin (it can be reversed with Vitamin K) and on Plavix (can not be reversed). There was very mild bleeding from the recipient site the night of the surgery. The surgeon must understand why a person is on these medications and weigh out the safety of stopping them or staying on a lower dose of these medications. Each case is medically evaluated independently.