Wearing tight head bands for long time and repetitive touching of recipient area damage the hair follicles.
April 16, 2017
Asked By:__Horizon__ in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
It has been 2 months since my hair transplant (fue). I wear really tight head band and touch my recipient area few times a day. Does this, by any means, causes degradation in hair growth? Some of the hairs has also not fallen off from the recipient area. Is this okay?
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April 19, 2017
Answer: Wearing tight head bands for long time and repetitive touching of recipient area is probably not a good idea.
Shedding of the native hair after a hair transplant is almost always shock loss which can last up to a year. Shedding grafts is normal and can continue for a few months
Transplanted graft’s hair starts to shedding in the first week of surgery and may go on untill 4-6 th weeks after surgery. İt is not surprising to lost approx. %70-80 of all transplanted hair shafts in first month when you are washing, gently rubbing or touching the head. İt is ...