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Nicotine patches may be better than smoking. If you are concerned it is best to contact your doctor for recommendations.
Nicotine in any form (smoking, patch, chewing, vapor, etc.) causes blood vessels to shrink. This can theoretically cause problems with graft take and healing. I'd suggest you bring this issue up with your surgeon prior to surgery.
Anything that will help you not to smoke after a hair transplant, including nicotine patches, will be fine for you
The growth from body hair should be the same as scalp hair but only at a 50% rate as 50% of body hairs are in telogen at any one time. This is a reality forever for these transplants. Many doctors are not skilled in body hair transplants so growth may not always be as good anyway.
Hello, Washing your hair after a hair transplantation is an important step for restoration. We usually have our patients start spraying hair with lactated ringers with liposomal ATP as well as other growth factors twice a day to help your hair process start ASAP. Actual hair washing usually ta...
You have classic donor site depletion resulting from over-harvesting the grafts for your donor density. The surgeon who did not did not know what he/she was doing and clearly pushed your donor area well beyond what the blood supply could support and probably what your original density was. Make ...