Taking Ibuprofen After My Hair Transplant

Hello there Doctor Rassman!

My compliments on a great blog here. I’ve just had a FUE done for my hairline today. I have 2 simple Q’s –

1. Is Ibuprofen recommended after surgery? My surgeon has prescribed it twice a day for 5 days, but I read on the internet that it promotes bleeding?

2. On reaching home, I have been spraying the recipient area with saline solution every 30 mins as prescribed. I am seeing some drops of blood oozing out of the recipient area. Is this normal? I couldn’t spot any hairs in the blood so just concerned that none of the hair roots have fallen out due to this bleeding.

Thanks for your time and help

1. Ibuprofen in general can cause bleeding, but you need to understand and takes things into context. Believe what your doctor (a real live person you trusted to perform your surgery) over what you read on the Internet.

2. A little bit of bleeding should be normal since you just had your procedure done. It was surgery, after all. Many doctors have different post operative instructions, so if you are concerned you should contact your surgeon.