Using Toppik to Conceal Transplants After Surgery

Hi Dr Rassman… I am thinking of getting a transplant from you as I have met you before. just wondering if you have to shave my reciepient area?? and is it possible to use toppik to conceal the transplanted area?? would using toppik damage new grafts survival rate?? thanks alot!!

I know that some doctors require you to shave your transplanted area, but I have learned to work around the hair that is still present. Some of my patients who use Toppik can continue to use it, but I’d suggest that you hold off for a week or so after the transplant. I like all of the scabs (eschars) to be off prior to the use of Toppik to stop what is a potential irritant and foreign body reaction if it gets under the eschar. After a week, that should not be a problem. With our small wounds and good washing, everything should be pretty clean at a week post surgery with no scabs and small hairs coming from the grafts that look like a beard, which will just make the recipient area fuller. Adding Toppik, can only help fill it in more for create the illusion that you are trying to achieve.