During my hair transplant I coughed loudly a couple of times. Will that make my grafts pop out?

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During my hair transplant (while the doctor was putting the grafts into the incisions), I coughed loudly a couple of times. I also coughed once right after he finished the procedure completely. I am scared that the coughing made some of the grafts pop out. Will coughing pop out newly transplanted grafts? I am stressed and really hope to get some answers from you experts. Thank you

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

If you were Elmer Fudd having a hair transplant surgery in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, the grafts would pop out.Otherwise, you should not have to worry about grafts popping out.

Andrew Kaufman, MD · Answer

It would be very difficult for coughing to dislodge grafts. Any grafts that might pop out during the procedure are easily reinserted by the doctor or his/her assistants during the procedure. If you have any concerns, see the doctor who performed the procedure. I'm sure that they would be glad to check your grafts. Good luck.

Parsa Mohebi, MD, FISHRS · Answer

It is unusual that you pop out any grafts and if you did, it probably reinserted during the procedure.  Although we ask patents to minimize any activity that may affect the grafts and dislocate them, I personally have not seen any one losing any grafts due to coughing in my entire practice.

Rashid M. Rashid, PhD, MD · Answer

Any large sudden or rough motions can damage a transplant in the first 7 days. It is good to try to take it easy and maintain close follow up with your doctor if this happens.

Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD · Answer

Can coughing cause grafts to pop out of the incisions? Sure. Is it likely that your coughing caused a problem. No. But run it by your surgeon to get the final answer as to what specifically happened during your surgery. Here are some general points:If the force of coughing caused a graft to pop out during a procedure, the doctor and team would likely notice and fix the situationCoughing can cause grafts to pop but it is pretty rareThe more coughing the more likely for popping. A few times is unlikely to have any consequenceCoughing, sneezing (and vomiting) after the patient goes goes home is different because nobody can see if popping occurred. In general, coughing that causes graft popping is rare. Coughing sufficient to cause problems while a patient is still at the clinic is even more rare. But check with your team to be sure

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

Coughing will not impact the status of the grafts and cause them to pop out. I have never seen this happen in over 15,000 surgeries so I doubt that you will be the first.

Michael Meshkin, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Some times as we are inserting the grafts the popping happens naturally. When that happens all we need to do is to insert the graft back in.  Therefore, even if your coughing caused hairs to pop out, a reputable clinic should check all the grafts and make sure they are nicely in place before finishing the process.

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