Does smoking after hair transplantation affect results? (photos)

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I am 24yrs old male recently i have undergone fue hair transplantation 4 weeks ago I am regular smoker since 1 year I smoke 4-5 cigarettes daily I did not stop smoking before surgery and still continued after surgery now I am worrying will that affect my graft survival rate and affect my over all results.please tell me by seeing my transplanted photos

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

It is best to contact your surgeon for post surgery issues and care since all doctors have slightly different instructions.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

I dont advice you to smoke for a longtime : İt takes 10-13 months for hair to become full mature , as thick and bright  as native hair.  But smoking may slow down this process and causes thinner , brittle hair at the end of process which takes about 1 year..

Jai Bansal, MD · Answer

Smoking is not considered to be good for your health in anyway and especially not after the hair transplant. So you have a good reason to stop it at least until you get your hair back as it blocks the blood supply to FUT.

Ben Talei, MD · Answer

It is never advised to smoke for your general health and definitely not before and after any given procedure. Smoking causes blood vessels to constrict and can reduce blood supply to the follicular unit grafts.At 1 month post op do not look for any regrowth though. This usually occurs the earliest at 3 months post op with most of the regrowth anywhere from 7 - 10 months post op.I'd recommend to stop smoking if you can.I hope this answers your question.

Brian Goertz, MD (retired) · Answer

Smoking causes damage to the connective tissue in your skin as part of the oxidative process of ash from the smoke. As we all know oxidative stress on living cells which includes newly transplanted follicles leads to cell death. Best to avoid smoking. It also is bad for sexual function. So now there are at least 2 reasons to stop smoking.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

Most doctors think that smoking does not help hair graft growth but there is no evidence for this one way or the other

Does smoking after hair transplantation affect results? (photos)

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