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Always ask your doctor for mediation and post surgical questions. Your doctor knows you better than strangers on the Internet. In general you can take supplements.
You should be able to resume supplements immediately following a hair transplant provided they do not interfere with hair growth or cause hair loss. You can certainly resume magnesium and Vitamin D immediately after your hair transplant.
Ask your doctor to draw blood for your magnesium and Vitamin D levels. This is the only way to determine your current status and what your current needs are. too much or too little is not healthy for your hair. We routinely run vitamin D levels on our patients and have found that a large percentage of our patients are chronically low. (
After your hair transplant you can use magnesium daily and vitamin D with no risk at all. I take both and so do many of my patients
It can take 6 to 12 months after surgery to see results. If you are concerned it is best to contact your doctor.
Leg hair and arm hair may be used as donor hair in theory but in practical terms it will likely cause scarring and give you little benefit.
This happens but usually it is only a mild more wavy appearance. Some people will develop curly or even kinky hair after a transplant.