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Can stress affect the results of a hair transplant?

christof1979Aug 3, 2016
Dear doctor, i am having my hair transpant in a week and today I found out that there will be some changes around my workplace (some people might have to get fired or change city of work) so I am getting quite nervous if stress can perhaps make hair transpant fail or for the hairs tranplanted to get 'destroyed' by stress and anxiety somehow... Thanx in advance

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Dr. James N. Romanelli, MD, FACS
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Dr. James N. Romanelli, MD, FACS
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