Distilled Water and Hair Transplants

You state in this article that distilled water solutions are harmful to grafts during surgery. However, my surgeon’s office told me to rinse my grafted area with distilled water to avoid the impurities found in tap water.

Will this damage the grafts post-surgery?

Distilled water and normal water are harmful to grafts DURING surgery if you are using it to soak and store the grafts that have been cut, but distilled water after the surgery is fine to wash the scalp as part of the cleaning process. Always check with the doctor/surgeon who performed your surgery if you have concerns, as you should have established a good trusting relationship with him/her.