Grooming After Hair Transplantation

asked 1 year ago by UVanK in London, H9
Latest answer by Jack Fisher, MD
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Tags: hair color, straighten, timing

How long after hair follicular transplantation can one expect beging to use ahair dryer, hair wax/gel, can the hair be straightened, and can it be coloured? and can the follicles be taken from anywhere on the body?

6 answers to Grooming After Hair Transplantation

Basic Hair Transplant Care

My basic rule of thumb is: no chemicals for 5-6 weeks. From 2nd-10th days: use gentle (baby) shampoo with the least amout of additives so the fresh transplant sites aren't irritated. After 2-3 weeks, you can go back to most regular shampoos. I advise my patients to do any hair coloring 2 weeks BEFORE their transplant, and the generally not again unitl 5-6 weeks after the transplant. By that time, the transplanted hairs will be in their "resting stage" before... more

Manu Gujrati, MD
San Jose Facial Plastic Surgeon

Grooming Hair after Transplant

After about two weeks I let patients resume normal hair care, but remember, the new grafts will not start growing hair for three to four months. You certainly can groom the original hair that was there, but be careful to keep the hair dryer on a relatively low setting especially the first few weeks. Too much heat from the hair dryer can damage the follicles as they are acquiring their new blood supply the first few weeks.

Jack Fisher, MD
Nashville Plastic Surgeon

www.fisherhaircenter.com

Grooming and Recovery after Hair Transplant

I generally permit patients to begin washing their hair gently on the 2nd post procedure day, and normally including application of hair product and full scrubbing on the 6th day. Hair coloring / straightening is permitted on the 14th day. Typically with FUG, the donor area is taken from the back of the scalp, but with the incisionless FUE technique, the hair can come from almost any part of the body where there is reasonably full hair.

Jeffrey Epstein MD, FACS
Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.plasticsurgeryoftheface.com

Post op care after hair transplant.

Every doctor has her/his own protocol. In my practice, no coloring,wax.gels,straighteners for 2 weeks after the procedure. We rinse for the 1st week using baby shampoo. By day 7, we use conditioner and let it sit on the transplanted area for 20 minutes to get rid of the scabbing and gentle message also begins at day 7 with baby shampoo. Dr Behnam

Ben Behnam, MD
Santa Monica Dermatologic Surgeon

Existing hair can be styled 3-5 days after surgery

To be conservative, I advise my patients to only run water over their hair for the first 1-3 days after surgery, toweling gently and letting the hair air dry. I do not recommending washing with shampoo and conditioner until 3 days after surgery, and even then they should be gentle with hair dryers and other vigorous hair styling techniques such as curling irons or flat irons. If you are a man it is probably safe to start using hair gel after 3-5 days but again try to minimized pulling or... more

Nicole E. Rogers, MD
New Orleans Dermatologist

Post hair transplant care

The transplanted hair itself will not be long enough to style ,color , or be treated for about 4 months after a transplant. In certain situations, body hair can be extracted to be used to supplement scalp hair for scalp hair transplantation. The existing,native ,non transplanted hair can be treated in the usual manner 3 weeks after a hair transplant. I caution against any chemical straightening or relaxing of transplanted hair.

Sheldon S. Kabaker, MD
Oakland Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.kabaker.com

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