For recovery from a follicular unit extraction (FUE) procedure, everything can be done. For recovery from a strip harvesting procedure, always test your trapezius muscle for contraction. The more the tightness created at the neck, the more of a problem that could be created from such activities as sit-ups and push ups. Squats are probably […]
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You should always find this out from your doctor, but I will try to help you… Yes, you can scratch your scalp a month after surgery with your fingertips, but it is something that I would rather see you not do. Generally, hair follicles are set into the recipient area after between 3-10 days and […]
You don’t have to be a zombie after a hair transplant surgery. The precautions are so that it protects and minimized the donor area scarring and most of the rules are to protect the people who are not generally careful and do unsafe things. I am generally open to shortening all of the time lines […]
I do not believe that minoxidil accelerates the growth process after hair transplantation. I did a study where I used minoxidil on half the head and nothing on the other half. Both sides grew at the same time and rate. Stretching exercises to the scalp are good 6+ months after surgery if your tendency is […]
I would doubt that you would lose grafts after 2-3 days from aggressive sex or masturbation. Have fun and don’t worry.
Exercise after hair transplant surgery is a concern for many people who are physically active and want to get back to their normal routine. You are facing two risks after a hair transplant: The risk of losing new hair grafts from scratching or rubbing the skin of the recipient area. If the hair and scalp […]
After the second day, your hair transplant grafts should have firmly set in and humidity/sweating should not affect them (even light exercise). For more on physical exercises after surgery, please see Resuming Physical Activities After Surgery.
Hair transplants always take up to 5 or 6 months to start growing. Previous hair transplants will not affect the start-up phase. Some doctors believe that minoxidil helps get the hair growing faster. I have tried minoxidil on one side of the head on a number of patients and did not see a difference in […]
Medically speaking, smoking cigarettes (even the cannabis / marijuana kind) promotes poor wound healing by decreasing blood circulation. It may have an impact on your hair transplant, however, I do not know how much of an impact it will have. Exercises such as sit-ups that may have a potential to stretch the back of your […]
I like to joke with my patients and tell them, “No sex for 6 months after your hair transplant surgery”. Back in 1992, I had a patient come from Asia and I told him this joke with a laugh in my voice (I am now convinced that the laugh was not translated by the translator […]
If you have a traditional strip harvesting technique for hair transplants, I would suggest that you wait until the stitches or staples are out (14 days or so) before going to soak your hair for long periods of time with activies like surfing. Heavy weight lifting also is included with some restriction for a month […]
There is a good chance that some or all of the hair will return, but brow lift scars are often detectable due to some widening of the scar when the incision was done behind the hairline and hair loss risks when the incision is done in front of the hairline to lower it. Sometimes during […]
I think that patience is a virtue and if the surgery was done well, that should suffice. Applications of any topical ointment may be pointless at this time. If hypertrophic scarring should occur, then you may need to take a look at it as it forms. Stretching of the scar will take time, as stretching […]
There are two types of surgical approaches in harvesting of donor hair. One is where the surgeon removes a strip of skin and then sutures back together (standard for today’s Follicular Unit Transplantation). I generally ask people who have strip harvesting to hold off on body presses, sit-ups and other such types of exercise that […]
You have excessive crusting as a result of poor post-operative washing techniques, or absence of them. An FUE is treated just like a regular hair transplant with regard to the recipient area, but the donor area has open wounds which require daily washing with soap and water. Within 3 days of surgery, you can resume […]