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Does stress, anxiety and antidepressants affect my new hair transplant growth?

mohsinkhalid00Oct 20, 2017
It has been three months passed since my first HT some time i got stressed,panic attacks and i increase the dose of my medicine And I'm taken antidepressants does this affect my newly ht growth i also apply minoxildil 5 twice a day and I'm also wear cap 3 to 4 hours daily to hide my baldness coz I'm university student thanks

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Dr. Jae Pak, MD
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Dr. William Rassman, MD (retired)
Hair Restoration Surgeon, Board Certified in General Surgery
Answered on Oct 30, 2017
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