How Long After Hair Transplant Surgery Can One Comfortably Go out in Public?

The amount of "down time" after a hair transplant depends on the patient and the technique.  If follicular unit extraction is performed (such as Neograft), the donor area on the back of the head will be essentially healed and not noticeable within 7-10 days.  The recipient areas will have some scabs and crusts that remain for the first 10-14 days.  At that point, most patients are extremely comfortable in public.  My patients are allowed to wear a loose-fitting hat starting on Day 3, so this can help with feeling comfortable in public.
If the hair is harvested from the donor site using the strip method, the sutures are left in place for 10-14 days, but this is often covered with other hair that is left longer (particularly in women).  Again, a loose-fitting hat can be worn after a few days, and most patients are comfortable going out in public at that point.
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Its usually about 7-10 days for initial healing. Most people can be back out in public with a new haircut by then. Caps can also be worn after a few days to cover the areas. 

Most patients should plan for 3-5 days of initial swelling and discomfort and up to 10 days before they can easily conceal things in public. The shaved portion has time to grow out in this time period. Many of the grafted hairs start to shed. This is normal and shouldn't alarm you. If you have a big event a month is a better time frame to plan for. The transplanted grafts take 6-9 months to start to grow. So a good year before you start gaining significant length/density. 

Thank you for your question regarding hair transplants.  Typically I recommend a patient to be around the house after a hair transplant for about 7-10 days.  By then some of the scabbing has fallen off and the donor site is starting to grow on in.  

After Hair Transplant surgery, the disappearance of surgical traces depends on the size of the surgery and treatment method.
For example, if you have FUE hair transplant, the scar of the recipient area would heal within 2-3 weeks. You can also go out with a cap, it depends on your comfort level and hair growth rate.

If you have FUT strip method, the donor site will be socially acceptable even on the same day. If the recipient site is shaved, then 2 weeks time will be needed for getting rid of the surgical scar.

However, with both the above methods, there are usually visible scabs at the recipient sites, which fall off by about 12-14 days after the procedure.

After performing Follicular Unit Extraction techniques with the Neograft system, you normally have the back of your scalp shaved.  The transplants often are transplanted in regions where you already have some hair and can be subtle in appearance.  At times though, the grafts are more noticeable and may require a hat to hide the newly transplanted hair follicles.  The back of the scalp heals very quickly and hair can regrow fast as well.  Usually I advise a 10 day to 2 week recovery so that the posterior scalp extraction sites are hidden and unnoticeable.  I hope this helps!